In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. Bridget Riley Read Quote
The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race. Karl Shapiro Read Quote
In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone’s writing all day long – sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they’re James Cameron’s Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script. Gary Shteyngart Read Quote
Obama is telling the insurance companies, as a dictator would, what they can and can’t do or what they must or must not do. Rush Limbaugh Read Quote
Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a ‘what if.’ Linwood Barclay Read Quote
I have been very fortunate in that my career has taken me on a journey I could only have dreamed of. Michael Owen Read Quote
I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that will be interesting, intriguing, eventually suspenseful. But what I find is that after I do that, then there are themes that emerge, which teachers can then use to provoke discussion and debate. Lois Lowry Read Quote
I think one of the worst things that happened to me was, you know, my voluntary fallout with my father. And then the greatest thing that happened to me was when I saw the light, and realized I needed to love him in a way that he could love me back. Steven Spielberg Read Quote
It’s hard to consider myself one when a lot of my fans and people who are calling me a role model are people my age and sometimes older than me. I feel like they’re at the same walk of life that I’m in right now, and they can probably teach me things about life, too. Alessia Cara Read Quote