The pleasantly crude ‘Hall Pass’ reminds us of what’s been missing from movies: Those squirm-inducing moments in comedy that produce enough discomfort that, at points, what we’re watching is half a heartbeat away from a horror film. Elvis Mitchell Read Quote
Even with the best intentions, you can have a nuclear war, a nuclear holocaust, through miscalculation, through accidents. Mohamed ElBaradei Read Quote
My attempt has been really to, beyond making a record of contemporary life, which is what you inevitably do, is trying to make beautiful books – books that are in some way beautiful, that are models of how to use the language, models of honest feeling, models of care. John Updike Read Quote
What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. Susan Sontag Read Quote
It’s probably the wrong way round, I know, but I just love maths and doing equations. When I was a kid, I was really good at it, so when I was seven, I asked my mum what job lets you do maths and pays you for it. She said accountancy, and that was it. I was dead set. Lucy Bronze Read Quote
Sadly, I’ve learnt that prejudice still exists in parts of the entertainment industry – I did an interview with a magazine once, and the journalist quite openly said they wouldn’t put a black person on the front cover because the magazine wouldn’t sell. Alesha Dixon Read Quote
I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can’t be done in one picture. David Hockney Read Quote
I’m going to say this – to the people in Seattle, to all the people in Seattle that trust me, that believe in me – I’m going to say this: I’m not going to disappoint anybody. Felix Hernandez Read Quote
Reading Stephen King’s book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema. Mary Garden Read Quote
