Patricia MacLachlan Quotes
My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
Patricia MacLachlan
Quotes to Explore
We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
Wallace Stevens
I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
Forest Whitaker
Just because you are different does not mean that you have to be rejected.
Eartha Kitt
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Samuel Johnson
I am glad that Wimbledon is my last slam. I love the atmosphere and courts of SW19, and it is an addiction, which I will find tough to give up.
Mahesh Bhupathi
I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
Danica McKellar
I'm having the best day of my life, and I owe it all to not going to Church!
Dan Castellaneta
I don't think money can be understood through a lens limited to economics. And most books about money tell you the history of money, the instrument. But money is also an idea, one that we exchange to survive.
Kabir Sehgal
Read like mad. But try to do it analytically - which can be hard, because the better and more compelling a novel is, the less conscious you will be of its devices. It's worth trying to figure those devices out, however: they might come in useful in your own work.
Sarah Waters
Books and beer are the best and worst defense.
Sherman Alexie
I hate to lose but having the belt doesn't define who I am. It's how I live my life and what I put into things is what defines me.
Urijah Christopher Faber
My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
Patricia MacLachlan
