If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
One day - I remember it was a Sabbath afternoon - I came to the synagogue with a book in my hand.… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
Everybody who's ever influenced me, from a Richard Prior to a Whoopie Goldberg to, you know, any of the voices that have… — Sarah Jones Copy Share Image
Though builders may build, in the main they follow the plans of architects. Teachers teach, but they must have a text. Politicians… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The student is to read history actively and not passively; to esteem his own life the text, and books the commentary. Thus… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The labours I devoted between 1888 to 1900 to the critical edition, translation and commentary of Kalhana's Rajatarangini, the only true historical… — Aurel Stein Copy Share Image
As a director, you have to go in with a really, really, really clear picture of what you want. That's the point… — David Slade Copy Share Image
“She turned quickly to face him, and with one part of his mind he thought, They call it falling in love, admiring… — Max Byrd Copy Share Image
I'm in my usual state up here in the commentary box: high tension, heart beating like a trip hammer, whatever that is. — Murray Walker Copy Share Image
I didn't want to get into acting just to play bystanders. I feel a bystander enough in my own life. And I… — Elliot Cowan Copy Share Image
In art, rebellion is consummated and perpetuated in the act of real creation, not in criticism or commentary. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
[He Stopped Loving Her Today] is all about the experience of being alive and the thought process of consciousness, and then you… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
"The Moderately Talented..." is just a commentary on the conflict that happens when a young artist girl looks up to you, but… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have… — Samantha Stosur Copy Share Image
The caricature of what George Osborne is doing on the fiscal side is absurd. If you read some of the commentary, particularly… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
I graduated from high school with the art award and I had made a ton of short films, but it was before… — Kevin Munroe Copy Share Image
I took a couple of classes in clowning, but that was more like Lucille Ball kind of slapstick, not Ringling Brothers. But… — June Diane Raphael Copy Share Image
“Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of the two songs… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
The trouble with Christianity was that by about 150, there were hardly any Jews left in the Christian church, and so from… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
I don't do commentaries on films because A) I'm not very good at it and B) it's an odd thing that I… — David Slade Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of comedians that do things that I can't do, whether it be a one-liner comic like Anthony Jeselnik, whether… — Brad Williams Copy Share Image
One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original… — David Sloan Wilson Copy Share Image