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		There's something very misleading about the literary culture that looks at writers in their 30s and calls them 'budding' or 'promising', when in fact they're peaking.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kazuo Ishiguro 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jack Prelutsky 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Olivia Wilde 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm lucky in that I don't like sweet things at all. My father loved cakes to such a degree that he kept forcing them down my throat when I was little, and it put me off for life. He had terrible cholesterol, poor thing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Felicity Kendal 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vicky McClure 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				M. J. Rose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Carl Hiaasen 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Cameron Crowe 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Pilkington 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Randy Bachman 
			 
			
				The Guess Who  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force myself to write. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karan Mahajan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the original 'Thick As A Brick,' supposedly a precocious, very young child who's fantasizing about his future and the context of all the confusing elements to which school boys are subjected at that time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ian Anderson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		There are three (3) principles on which human life flourishes, and they are contradicted by the culture of education under which most teachers have to labor and most students have to endure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ken Robinson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think, in all fields, there's this motherhood pay penalty where, the second you become a mother - and this is true whether you give birth or adopt - you're perceived to not be as committed to your job. Whereas men are perceived as breadwinners who now need more money and promotions because they're fathers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Nell Scovell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair, my weight, all of that stuff. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				La'Porsha Renae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I enjoy clothes. My mother tells me how, even as a kid, I used to choose my own clothes. I have a feel for it, and I do the costume coordination for my photo shoots as well. Many a time, even my characters wear the clothes I choose. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Dulquer Salmaan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's something very misleading about the literary culture that looks at writers in their 30s and calls them 'budding' or 'promising', when in fact they're peaking. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kazuo Ishiguro