It’s almost impossible to reconcile the realities of how one feels during the day, hour by hour. But I approach things not cynically. Maira Kalman Read Quote
Admittedly, I possess virtually no expertise in science. That puts me in exactly the same position as most dogmatic environmentalists who want to craft public policy around global warming fears. David Harsanyi Read Quote
Building a sports power is a patriotic undertaking aimed at translating into reality the plan and wish of the great leaders, who devoted their efforts to building ours into a country that prospers and grows stronger on the strength of sports. Kim Jong-un Read Quote
The novel has always been a contradictory form. Here is a long form narrative mainly read originally by consumers who were only newly literate or limited in their literacy. The novel ranked below poetry, essay and history in prestige for a long time. Matthew Pearl Read Quote
My father’s legacy is going to be talked about for hundreds and hundreds of years. Meghan McCain Read Quote
The novelist, quite rightly, fears the psychoanalyst as both an enemy and a usurper. Will Self Read Quote
The lovely thing about writing is, well, two things. One, writing fiction allows us to bring an order to our lives that doesn’t exist in real life. And two, it allows us to create human characters that we know better than we will ever know anyone in real life. Octavia E. Butler Read Quote
I like working with modern sounds in the studio as much as I’m happy to work with a basic rock n’ roll format. Chris Squire Read Quote
You can always spot a ‘television personality’, even when they aren’t actually on television, because they carry their ‘made-up’ persona in front of them, like some sort of baffler, or Ready Brek force field. Their reach for notoriety predicated on that fulsome mediocrity of talent detailed above has become frozen in their faces. Will Self Read Quote
Some people want to call me an Appalachian writer, even though I know some people use regional labels to belittle. Robert Morgan Read Quote
