“ I will try not to panic, to keep my standard of living modest and to work steadily, even shyly, in the spirit of those medieval carvers who so fondly sculpted the undersides of choir seats. John Updike Novelist
“ When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing. Irwin Shaw Playwright
“ Certainly, the Hollywood cinema, there's almost nothing of interest coming out of there. Salman Rushdie Novelist
“ There's almost nothing that distracts you from your day-to-day problems more than a trip. You're totally consumed in the present, you've got new sense impressions, you've got all this stuff to digest. Tom Freston
“ As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are. V. S. Naipaul Writer
“ You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply. William Joyce Writer
“ What I can't completely understand is most other people's fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies. Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognise their names and faces but know almost nothing else about them? Alan Alda Actor