Peter Lerangis Quotes

I can't contain how enthusiastic I am about working on books for kids.

Peter Lerangis

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• When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.

  

  Hallie Ephron
  • People
  • May
  • Reality

• I like the dark undertow of grime, and it gets me aggressive. You need that aggression.

  

  Adam Peaty
  • Dark
  • Aggressive
  • Aggression

• The Secretary of the State at the time was James Baker, who had also been Secretary of Treasury and White House Chief of Staff: very powerful guy. And I went to see him in his very ornate office at the State Department to say I wasn't going to cover him anymore. It was just a courtesy call.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Time
  • Guy
  • House

• I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • People
  • Hate
  • Husband

• When you love somebody, and they have a child, you love their child. You just accept it as a part of who they are, and you care about them and theirs.

  

  Nathan Parsons
  • Love
  • Care
  • Child

• I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Never
  • Before
  • Wrote

• The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a joke - albeit a grim one. Alfred Bernhard Nobel famously invented dynamite and felt sorry about it.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Peace
  • Sorry
  • Been

• My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.

  

  Madeleine Peyroux
  • Father
  • Ear
  • Hank

• In 1998, I founded the American Center for Law and Justice, probably the premier public interest law firm in America defending the rights of believers.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • American
  • America
  • Law

• Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.

  

  Earl Derr Biggers
  • Brave
  • Cat
  • Pet

• When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.

  

  Imre Kertesz
  • Black
  • Know
  • Literature

• If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Up
  • You
  • Look

• I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Guy
  • Hate
  • Sweats

• I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.

  

  Edgar Winter
  • Life
  • Up
  • Music

• I remember thinking, 'I can't act.' Pretending to be someone else is a terrifying thought. The thing was that, along with other people, I could create a whole world. I felt absolutely right directing.

  

  Garry Hynes
  • People
  • World
  • Thinking

• If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • You
  • Wants
  • Turn

• I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.

  

  Dan Brown
  • Remember
  • Summer
  • Bravery

• We are in a bit of a policy box and it's going to require us being willing to give up one of the two, which is it's okay to take on more deficits but lets put in some massive spending. Alternatively to say, 'we're going to go through structural unemployment for a while because we want to address deficits.'

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Up
  • Want
  • Box

• Parents should not smoke in order to discourage their kids from smoking. A child is more likely to smoke when they have been raised in the environment of a smoker.

  

  Christy Turlington
  • Kids
  • Parents
  • Environment

• When I was growing up, kids would go outside and play all day and invent things. And my brothers and I pretended our picnic table was a ship one summer. Our bikes were horses, and our trees were forts. We turned everything in the world into make-believe.

  

  Mary Pope Osborne
  • Up
  • World
  • Believe

• I don't forget what I used to do and so I can't justifiably say to my kid, "Don't you do that," when I used to do it myself.

  

  Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath
  • Kids
  • Forget
  • Used

• As a teen, every major moment was preempted by a torturous, hours-long hair-straightening session. Sleek, silky strands made me feel prettier. And the truth is, I was completely clueless about how to deal with my curls! When they weren't flatironed into submission for special occasions, they were practically glued down with gobs of gel.

  

  Elaine Welteroth
  • Long
  • Truth
  • Hair

• I'm influenced by Jennifer Egan, Dave Eggers, David Foster Wallace: writers who are often not content to just stack paragraphs and have to break out of that.

  

  Jesse Andrews

• I can't contain how enthusiastic I am about working on books for kids.

  

  Peter Lerangis
  • Kids