Famous Quotes & Sayings

Russell Banks

I taught at Princeton and it was undergraduate and I much prefer teaching undergraduates to graduate students in writing programs.

James Patterson

Lately, I find that I'm working on three or more projects at any given time. For some reason, this is a very comfortable way for me to work.

Keith Miller

We are a nation of people who are afraid we are not enough.

Kate DiCamillo

Ideally, I'd like to work part time at the bookstore. That would give me more time to contend with all the office work of writing.

David Harris

I can go a year before an oil change.

Mark Twain

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Margaret Halsey

He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote... takes on the character of divine revelation.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Interpreter of Maladies is the title of one of the stories in the book. And the phrase itself was something I thought of before I even wrote that story.

Jonathan Carroll

In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.

Chris McConnon

Having three lines has helped us out a lot." ()

Paul Wagner

It helped that I knew Gail's story. If her Web page had just said, 'I need a kidney,' it wouldn't have pulled me in.

Willy Taveras

It helped my body, ... My wrist is not sore anymore, and I'm not tired.

Kate Ziegler

It helped a lot to have done well in the 1,500, ... I had a lot of confidence.

Gary Williams

I just didn't know a lot about the NIT, the new format, and in talking to C.M. Newton, that helped a little bit. I would think with the resources the NCAA has, they can make it a better tournament. We'll see.

Debbie Ford

If you don't have a doctor that inspires you, no matter what you have, you should find one that does. Because I feel like my doctor helped me stay alive.

Gary Molea

I just think it would have helped the small schools.

Jessica Smith

I learned a lot from them and it has helped my offense and mainly my passing. I have made all-around improvement.

Franklin Johnson

Their historic performances at this tournament have helped make the U.S. Open one of the world's premier sporting events.

John Niven

If pushed to say what I like about Elizabeth, who, as I'm sure most of you know, overtook Queen Victoria this week to become our longest-serving monarch, it would be her uncomplaining, getting-on-with-it ethic.

Gordon Richards

But that's not to say they're not here - they just got pushed over the sides,

Jake Eakin

I got up to try to stop him, and he just pushed me.

Steve Capps

He took over this project, pushed Jef out.

Dominik Hrbaty

I was already tired after the second five-setter, it was already quite enough.

Trevor Noah

Comedy is really getting quite popular in South Africa.

Gwendoline Christie

I quite like looking mucky; it's quite nice not having to care about how you look.

Dina Emde

I really wanted the record to be quite honest.

Gabrielle Aplin

I'm quite annoying and can't imagine what it would be like living with me 24/7.

Gerald Smith

If not, it's going to be quite a nut.

Lawrence Jacobs

I have never seen anything quite like this.

Lee Janzen

I'm not going to say it could never be that way. But I don't think (Woods) is quite there right now.

Jeff Saturday

I'm ready to get back. I probably could have come back a while ago, but it just wasn't quite ready.