Well, it’s so hard for books to take off. You give years of your life to something that probably won’t happen, so when it does, it feels a little… unjust. David Nicholls Read Quote
When you talk about objects, one other thing automatically comes attached to that thing, and that is gestures: how we manipulate these objects, how we use these objects in everyday life. We use gestures not only to interact with these objects, but we also use them to interact with each other. Pranav Mistry Read Quote
Sitting beside the pool is fine for two weeks, but after that I think it’d be quite hard to live with – so I need to keep racing. Mark Webber Read Quote
Watching David write was inspiring to me. He was at his most content composing. Music floated from his mind and fingertips. He would strum the 11 strings on his 12-string Harptone guitar and wander to the piano and play a few bars, then off to forage for rice pudding in the kitchen. Angela Bowie Read Quote
In the ’50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay – it didn’t feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, seemed relevant to a middle-class kid growing up on the other side of the world. That has always fascinated me. Salman Rushdie Read Quote
I don’t think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They’re just happy they’ve survived some war somewhere. M.I.A. Read Quote
And I think we created something incredible as a Democratic group, as a platform, as an effort to make a change in the country, and I think we did change this country. And I think we will continue to, and I know that my father is not going to stop fighting. Vanessa Kerry Read Quote