Jonathan Stroud Quotes

The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.

Jonathan Stroud

Quotes to Explore

More modern poetry is written than read.

P. J. O'Rourke
- Poetry
- More
- Modern
Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.

Malala Yousafzai
- Play
- Sometimes
- Cricket
I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.

Sally Mann
- Done
- Mother
- Pretty
What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.

Salman Khurshid
- People
- Time
- Different
I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

Randall Munroe
- Life
- World
- Want
There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'

Carl Hiaasen
- Country
- Hate
- Forget