Certainly, if you look at human behavior around the world, you have to admit that we can be very aggressive. Jane Goodall Read Quote
I have a very positive attitude to anyone who is protecting the environment, but it’s inadmissible when people are using it as a means of promoting themselves, using it as a source of self-enrichment. I don’t want to name any specific examples… but often, environmentalism is used to blackmail companies. Vladimir Putin Read Quote
In 20th-century poetry, Robert Graves is to love what Philip Larkin is to mortality. Miranda Seymour Read Quote
I spent the best part of 20 years trying to stop people like Chris Waddle from playing. Now I’m convinced that good touch and loads of movement are the way forward. Chris Kamara Read Quote
If you’re writing something that’s clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it’s perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters and events, but less so when you’re writing an essentially straight historical fiction. Diana Gabaldon Read Quote
I have come to the conclusion that it’s a waste of time to have too much pride in anything. Perhaps it’s good to have a sense of duty, a jealous zeal to protect or improve, but pride ultimately is only that which stands vulnerable to offense and degradation. Henry Rollins Read Quote
