A good sermon should be like a woman’s skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials. Ronald Knox Read Quote
I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box. James Herriot Read Quote
I don’t know how many people really knew who I was before the Olympics and that’s the fun thing of the Olympics – you get to know someone who captures your heart, hopefully. Kristi Yamaguchi Read Quote
Someday, I’d like to sit down with a small group of people, in a relaxed environment, and make a film that feels more independent. That way we can be a little more free in terms of storytelling and subject. Chris Wedge Read Quote
I don’t have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You’d be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees – I think a lot of it’s imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now? Cate Blanchett Read Quote
I take almost no notes when I write. I have one notebook – this old green leather notebook that my dad gave me a decade ago. Nicole Krauss Read Quote
Poetry for me is very easy. It’s like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem comes into my head, and I just have to go to the page, to the typewriter, to the computer or whatever and write it. Gioconda Belli Read Quote
It’s very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world. Angelo Scola Read Quote