There have been plenty of things that I’ve written that other people haven’t cared about, but it hasn’t stopped me from being a writer. So, I don’t even think about other people. I’m just interested writing about human beings so if somebody calls and says, ‘We’d like you to do it,’ I’d say, ‘That sounds like a cool idea.’ Mike O'Malley Read Quote
People who watch ‘The Blind Side,’ they’re not going to have a chance to get to know me. People I’m close to, as long as they know me, know who I am, I don’t have a problem with it. Michael Oher Read Quote
Journalists often ask me when I go to the field, ‘What do you expect to find?’ And my answer always is, ‘The unexpected,’ because we’re just looking at the tip of the iceberg; we’ve just scratched the surface. Donald Johanson Read Quote
Intellectual work is essentially a lonely process, and if you can find a way of doing something so that you’re in company without being disturbed, that, for me, is the critical thing. I often get to feel isolated so often if I’m sitting either where there aren’t people or isn’t a view. Whitfield Diffie Read Quote
If I could sing like a Chaka Khan, an Aretha, a Kim Burrell, if I could do all these amazing runs and belt it out, I would. I’ve attempted that, and it’s not something anyone would want to hear. Gretchen Parlato Read Quote
Any time you sign a contract it means that you had a good season last year and that you need to improve yourself this season. Eran Zahavi Read Quote
One of the things I want to achieve in the potentially short time I’m in Westminster is to stop people thinking we’re all the same. Because while they believe that, the establishment stays in the same people’s hands. Jess Phillips Read Quote
No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter’ Part of the reason is that no one wants to hear that it isn’t for them. As soon as they read it, they want it to be theirs. Kate Capshaw Read Quote
Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives. Gerry Adams Read Quote
I never thought I was writing for kids at all. It really shocked and unsettled me to hear kids were buying the books. If I’d known I was writing for kids, I might actually have spelt things out a bit more, and that would probably have killed the appeal. Jeff Kinney Read Quote
