Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination. Janet Frame Read Quote
The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? Larry Flynt Read Quote
So You Think You Can Dance’ comes on as a high-minded leap up the evolutionary ladder from other reality shows – on this one, you’re supposed to learn something, and the guest judges are fellow dance professionals rather than actual celebrities. Rob Sheffield Read Quote
I need to be very isolated to write, and unfortunately isolation is often quite difficult to find. My ideal writing environment would be a country house hotel in the middle of nowhere, with full room service. Kate Atkinson Read Quote
I would say when I was 9 or 10 I started doing gospel choir, and I was with them for about two years. Gabby Barrett Read Quote
In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. Winston Churchill Read Quote
When things don’t come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you from having the kind of life that you want to have. Daniel Tammet Read Quote
