For me, being a writer was never a choice. I was born one. All through my childhood I wrote short stories and stuffed them in drawers. I wrote on everything. I didn’t do my homework so I could write. Laura Hillenbrand Read Quote
If you write, produce and direct, you own things and see them through to the end. Johnny Vegas Read Quote
As long as I feel the love of the game and my health is good, I’m going to play. I don’t want to be one of these guys who stays too long or regrets leaving early. Football has been great to me. Justin Tuck Read Quote
I think most people gain some sense of how to look at a painting, but no one ever teaches you how to look at a piece of silver. Mary Beard Read Quote
The Taliban are terrible shots. At the end of some long patrols, we’d be walking through the fields and get shot at – and we’d just keep walking. Kyle Carpenter Read Quote
I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary filmmaker, has an office. Howard Shore Read Quote
I thought it might be fun to set my books in Nevada, which is in the West and still pretty Wild. You can still gamble, carry a loaded pistol, and go into a silver-mine, and they still have saloons with swinging doors, boardwalks, and horses. Caroline Lawrence Read Quote
I never thought I would downgrade into a 4,000-square-foot house. It took me about two months to find places to put everything. Corey Harrison Read Quote
In the depth of the near depression, that he faced when he came in, Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress provided ‘recovery funds’ that literally kept our classrooms open. Two years ago, these funds saved nearly 20,000 teacher and education jobs – just here in North Carolina. Jim Hunt Read Quote
I used to be like everyone else and think the Kardashians are just famous for being famous. But I’ve been really impressed with how supportive Kim Kardashian has been of Caitlyn Jenner. Anne Hathaway Read Quote