Roald Dahl pioneered a new kind of literature for youngsters, one that dispensed with cant and solemnity, favoring anarchy and joy over duty and humbuggery while acknowledging that oftentimes no good deed goes unpunished. But ultimately, it was his sheer joie de vivre that carried the day. Paul Di Filippo Read Quote
I have a folder in my office with about 400 ideas in it. So it will take me another 40 years to get through those. James Patterson Read Quote
Hemingway was really early. I probably started reading him when I was just eleven or twelve. There was just something magnetic to me in the arrangement of those sentences. Because they were so simple – or rather they appeared to be so simple, but they weren’t. Joan Didion Read Quote
The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity. Vladimir Potanin Read Quote
Groups tend to believe their work is harder, more strategic, or just more valuable while underestimating those contributions from other groups. Steven Sinofsky Read Quote
My boys have both said they want to be in the movies or on TV, and anytime I hear that, I say, ‘That’s wonderful; you’re free to do it right after you graduate from college.’ Miguel Ferrer Read Quote
I was very into New Order, Joy Division, all of that when I was younger. I had a lot of bootlegs that I saved up my pocket money to buy. I had all the obscure early EPs. Dylan Moran Read Quote
My fate is to be President of the Republic – or leader of the opposition. Georges Pompidou Read Quote
