When the producers of ‘Why Poverty?’ came to me to do a film about poverty in the United States, I asked if I could do a film about wealth instead. I tend to make films about perpetrators, rather than victims. Alex Gibney Read Quote
In general, the main themes emerge early for each book, even before the storyline and characters, as I research the time and place I want to draw upon. Having said that, every single book so far has offered me surprises en route, and these include motifs that come forward as I am writing. Guy Gavriel Kay Read Quote
You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn’t think of doing. Don’t ever say no. Carl Lewis Read Quote
I’m always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn’t self-doubt, you seem aggressive. Ronnie Corbett Read Quote
I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets to the endgame too quickly. So I will be working on those things. Val McDermid Read Quote
Every time a bit of information is erased, we know it doesn’t disappear. It goes out into the environment. It may be horribly scrambled and confused, but it never really gets lost. It’s just converted into a different form. Leonard Susskind Read Quote
There is no time and space in the digital world. People chat and collaborate through social networks. Cultural icons garner millions of fans online in locations they have often never been themselves. The boundary between public and private life is now everyone’s business. Eduardo Paes Read Quote
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland Read Quote
The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history – I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters. Alan Furst Read Quote
