Sue Townsend (Susan Lillian Townsend) Quotes

I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.

Sue Townsend

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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.

Barton Gellman
- Long
- History
- Cooperation
Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.

Carlisle Floyd
- Important
- Country
- Most
I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.

Warren Buffett
- Game
- Decisions
- Stock
If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you're writing, ask yourself what's bothering you and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you.

Natalie Goldberg
- Writing
- Energy
- Hand
More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.

Daniel Barenboim
- Eyes
- More
- Ears
When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.

Carine Roitfeld
- Long
- Me
- Short