Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.
Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance.
I think it's one of the Times' problems that they haven't made it clear to readers what various formats mean.
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.
I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books, I have to start a new direction.
I don't like stories that are too neat and too resolved. I think resolutions can be deadening for the reader.
Why do you want to be on The Real World? Because I want everyone to witness my youth. Why? Isn't it gorgeous?
Because I grew up with this naive expectation of people doing right, I get shocked by every little violation.
Hello Frances, I have just been to health class, and I was wondering how your feminine parts were developing.
I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian.
I'm so sick and tired of hearing about slavery. You think slavery didn't exist in Africa? Even Indian tribes.
Well what a turn-up. From professional footballer to television presenter to green politician. Whatever next?
I know parental embarrassment usually stops somewhere at fifteen, but he just kept on giving me good reasons.
You were a stone wall, a fort in high, unreachable trees, an island, my own island, that no boat could reach.
I do take class because I still dance, and yes, I do slip into class with the Royal Ballet from time to time.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.
The stretch of the limousine usually is inversely proportional to the self esteem of the person riding in it.
I don’t know what’s happened to you. You used to be such a nice girl. Now you’ve gone all stabby and whatnot.
Let us not see today's troubles as a reason to give up; let us see them as an opportunity for God to deliver.
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.
The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence.
A lot of men think that if they smile for a second, somebody will take advantage of them, and they are right.
But people in a small town tend to do a lot of talking, even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.
It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.
Babies change things, open doors you thought were shut, close others. Make you into something you never been.
If men will not understand the meaning of judgement, they will never come to understand the meaning of grace.
We cannot really look at the movement of the Spirit, just because It is the Power by which we do the looking.
What? Sunday morning in an English family and no sausages? God bless my soul, what's the world coming to, eh?
The thought of how far the human race would have advanced without government simply staggers the imagination.
Well the hours are good...' ... 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.
Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 'Yes,' said Ford Prefect, 'in three minutes and thirty-five seconds.
The storm starts, when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping then the storm starts stopping.
Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web?
Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
Other books we may read and criticise. To the Scriptures we must bow the entire soul, with all its faculties.
Through prayer, our free agency is used to admit and confess our deep desire to have God's help in our lives.
The trouble with many married people is that they are trying to get more out of marriage than there is in it.
Pig power in America was infuriating, but pig power in the communist framework was awesome and unaccountable.
Without fail, the first question I am asked at any author event is, 'Are your books based on your real life?'
I do think that there's an art form to parenting, and I have nothing but admiration for those who do it well.
Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.
There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
How are you managing to keep everyone from aging?” Celia asks after a while. “Very carefully,” Marco answers.
Everything necessary to the full and complete expression of the most boundless experience of joy is mine now.
When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred, He quoth: "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!"
I love being an author. I love actual writing, and I love communicating with children. And it keeps me young.
I have an idea heaven will be both absolutely happy and absolutely dark, to protect us from the blaze of God.
The woman with dark hair, wide hips, and a few extra pounds has always been the essence of beauty in Morocco.
Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it.