One time, I had a nightmare for two weeks after an advert.

“Almost like being in the nightmare, that same feverish blur of the world slipping off its axis, but this time he was the one…

— Patrick Ness

“If we run away every time we have a nightmare, we'll never really wake up.”

— Katy Towell

Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job…

— Charles Duke

“16th century advertisements cannot market 21st century products. Look for what is necessary at the present moment.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

The household I grew up in... was rather like an Ovaltine advert. There was a huge fire, a kettle on the fire, the oven…

— Brian Blessed

I shout at the radio when someone starts talking over the end of a song. Shut up! I don't want to hear that the…

— Jessica Brown Findlay

I can't write. I can handle bits of simple-minded advert copy or a poster slogan, so answering questions is about all I'm good for.

— Charles Saatchi

I've been so lucky with the people I've worked with, but I'm such a fan girl. When I moved to London at 16, I…

— Sheridan Smith

When you boil war down or all conflict down to two people, it's a great advert for humanity sometimes. People can find connections with…

— John Bradley-West

I'd do another Cortana advert, I don't see why not.

— Grace Chatto

“The death of a billionaire is worth more to the media than the lives of a billion poor people.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us.

— Desi Arnaz

You get two weeks after you do a shoe where you can test whether it's good or not - if you're going to like…

— Manolo Blahnik

The hardest thing in a novel is time. You've got [a line like] "two weeks later, he woke up with a headache," and you've…

— T.C. Boyle

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

— R. L. Stine