George Eliot Quotes
… that modern sect of Flagellants who make a ritual of lashing - not themselves but - all their neighbours.
Quotes to Explore
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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I'm aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens, and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities.
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I love my sleep.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.
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I'm very competitive, and I want to win.
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The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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Social media buzz can lead to huge successes when people spread the word about something they love and want to share. But authors creating their own buzz? Making their own noise? It's hard to make a lot of noise on our own about our own work. Except, sadly, negative noise.
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You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.
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We don't really even know how the Internet and technology are changing us, or our brains and our attention span.
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I like the fact that when you're put into a really extreme situation, you put everything else aside. You put your ego aside and get on with it, and I quite like that.
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The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages.
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I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
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I want to add something worthwhile rather than just chucking loads of stuff into the world. I don't want to feel responsible for adding to the soup of mediocrity.
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I would say divorce, breaking up, being a child of divorce, any of those things are always very challenging.
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I think the tricky balance, the most important thing more than the horror is to have a compelling story, compelling drama, a show about great characters that you care about and you want to come back every week to see what they're up to.
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I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions.
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Too much indulgence has ruined thousands of children; too much love not one.
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I think that, every individual you invent in narrative work, you have to have some root in who that person is. That may be an aspect of yourself; it may be an aspect of something that you like, that you don't like. It may be an aspect that you wish you had. Maybe something you admire in another person.
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But I've been at writing long enough now to know that every three or four books I have to start a new direction.
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I want to be a guy the Royals build their team around.
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… that modern sect of Flagellants who make a ritual of lashing - not themselves but - all their neighbours.
