Douglas Brunt Quotes

The last book I read before I wrote my first book - 'Ghosts of Manhattan' - was 'The Gold Coast' by DeMille. I loved it, and it gave me a lot of energy to start into my own.

Douglas Brunt

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If a man begins writing at thirty, by the time he is fifty or sixty, the bulk of his work has been done. By the time he is eighty, he's got nothing more, you know?

V. S. Naipaul
- Time
- Work
- Writing
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'

Karin Slaughter
- Book
- Thought
- Start
Mike Pence not only knows the Capitol. He knows the players in the House and the Senate. He knows how the committee system works. But he also knows all the governors. And so that really brings a unique talent to the picture.

Jack Kingston
- House
- Picture
- Unique
Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.

R. L. Stine
- First
- Special
- Bar
I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

Gary Clark Jr.
- People
- Think
- Cool
I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.

Ian Anderson
- Up
- Music
- Mind