Elinor Lipman Quotes
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.
Elinor Lipman
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I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
Ed Balls
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
Jackie Mason
If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
Gaby Hoffmann
I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.
Sally Kellerman
Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
Callie Khouri
If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
Dan Pink
When I hung up my toe shoes, I didn't look back. In all my years, I have never looked back.
Patricia McBride
Women bring a different perspective to the table, and lawmaking is a compilation of diverse ideas and views and perspective. And when you don't have that, you end up making bad laws.
Kathy Szeliga
There's a few people that I write with that we don't stop until one of us cries.
Ashley McBryde
We were created to look at one another, weren't we.
Edgar Degas
I flew to New York to do a commercial back in the day when people could meet you at the gate, and the little agent when I came off the plane said, 'Oh, Miss Carr, we are so happy to have you here.' I went, 'Oh, for goodness sakes.'
Vicki Lawrence
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.
Elinor Lipman
