Lisa Jewell Quotes
'Ralph's Party' was a romantic comedy, and at the end of it, the two main characters, Ralph and Jen, kiss for the first time and think they're going to be happy together. Then, 10 years later, I wrote a sequel in which they've been together for 10 years and are about to split up.
Lisa Jewell
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
Natasha Lyonne
As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and deeply into our networked lives.
Yochai Benkler
I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in.
Sam Taylor-Wood
I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
Dan Gilbert
I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
Ban Ki-moon
My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
Orhan Pamuk
I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
Zach Braff
On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
Sabine Baring-Gould
I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?
Imelda Staunton
A house is kind of scary.
Laura Dekker
In '87, I used to do this awful, awful James Brown impression.
Wanda Sykes
Poisonous frogs feast on insects that don't even have names. Tropical lizards disappear into the cracks of trees whose branches spread out as wide as their trunks climb high. This is the real Florida, as it was before people, and probably will be after us, too.
Nancy Pickard
I've been almost everywhere. But I've never been to the steppes of Latvia. It's something I've always wanted to do.
Adam West
Gray is great. People think gray is a neutral, but I think it's such a moody, intense, dramatic and sexy color. It's very sleek.
Bryan Batt
I write to get myself writing. That and read Wallace Stevens' "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven" for the umpteenth time. Certain authors for me, certain books, just by reading a phrase I feel I can write.
Dan Chiasson
Keep the circus going inside you, keep it going, don't take anything too seriously, it'll all work out in the end.
David Niven
I have a gruff side. This is not exactly news... At the same time, anyone who wants to judge me for this can walk a mile in my moccasins. And then we'll talk.
Marianne Williamson
'Ralph's Party' was a romantic comedy, and at the end of it, the two main characters, Ralph and Jen, kiss for the first time and think they're going to be happy together. Then, 10 years later, I wrote a sequel in which they've been together for 10 years and are about to split up.
Lisa Jewell
