Jerry Spinelli Quotes
I was very naive, and I thought it was just a matter of writing my first book and sending it in, and for the rest of my life I would be writing books and collecting royalties. Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published.
Jerry Spinelli
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst
In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
C. Northcote Parkinson
I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
Patricia Marx
When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
Karen Finerman
It's nice not to be too boring.
Barry Pepper
One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
Sam Kean
While that wasn't first and foremost in my mind, you can't get into this without being struck, on one side, by how far we've come, and then the other side, by how little things have changed.
Bill Condon
We rarely have good alternatives to offer to prison - that's our default.
James Forman, Jr.
From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater, so it almost feels genetic.
Philip Baker Hall
Personally, I like to juice up several different kinds of fruit and vegetables - which may include various combinations of bananas, red bell peppers, apples, carrots, celery, broccoli, spinach, parsley, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.
David H. Murdock
Most Americans may not realize that the news they consume is driven in part by the media mantra, 'if it bleeds, it leads.'
John Prendergast
I was very naive, and I thought it was just a matter of writing my first book and sending it in, and for the rest of my life I would be writing books and collecting royalties. Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published.
Jerry Spinelli
