I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers’ works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies – what else is there to write about than love and loss? Alice Hoffman Read Quote
I had gone through a really rough patch in my life, struggling with anxiety and depression for the first time ever, and it was totally new to me. I really had no idea what was going on, and it was all I could think about, so it was all I could write about. Matty Mullins Read Quote
It’s important for me that I’m able to walk around the city without being bothered all the time. Franck Ribery Read Quote
But I just think we’ve got such a continuity with what we’re doing that most people come in and fill in the blanks. And sometimes we leave a lot of blanks to be filled. Charlie Hunter Read Quote
The earliest paintings I loved were always the most non-referential paintings you can imagine, by painters such as Mondrian. I was thrilled by them because they didn’t refer to anything else. They stood alone, and they were just charged magic objects that did not get their strength from being connected to anything else. Brian Eno Read Quote
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow Read Quote
And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, ‘love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow. Peter Tosh Read Quote
I’m a feminist. The women in my books in recent years have been powerful characters and I love to see a woman with a cute bottom walking past. Wilbur Smith Read Quote
I support a guaranteed basic income. I think we should take care of sick people. I believe women can make their own choices and that the government is at its best when it’s building bridges instead of bombs. Edward Snowden Read Quote
