Once I’ve properly finished a book, my ideal state of being would be to never think about it again. But with ‘Capital,’ I felt I’d spent so much time with the characters that they were very, very real, and I definitely had a sense of loss about leaving them behind in a way I’ve not quite had before. John Lanchester Read Quote
In Heaven, I believe my dad is somewhere doing something nice. I feel I’ve been too lucky to travel this far without somebody guiding me. Katherine Jenkins Read Quote
We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth – then it’s far too late when they pass away. George Harrison Read Quote
Part of me becomes the characters I’m writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result. Louis Sachar Read Quote
There is a profound gap between meeting a person and knowing a person, and that holds true for the difference between visiting and residing. Brian Stelfreeze Read Quote
We found letters at the house we bought from a sailor to his wife who lived in the house. He went down to the Caribbean on this trader vessel, bringing down salted fish. There would be handwritten letters, but also telegrams, saying which ports he was in. And he’d be gone for three months. That was just the way it is. Michael Winter Read Quote
I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don’t think I’m capable of that. Chris Cooper Read Quote
My landlady, who is only a tailor’s widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis. Karl Philipp Moritz Read Quote
