When I wrote 'The Good Fairies of New York,' I wasn't really imagining that there were fairies. Not in the way that… — Martin Millar Copy Share Image
“I always think that it's wrong to put images of my protagonists on the cover of my novels because readers can identify… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“Imagining someone who will not collapse my complexity into compressed and simplified roles like friend, lover, genius, or ghost... such a being… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
It's like, say, if you were a dog. You notice that you're getting old, and you look at your human and you… — Cynthia Kenyon Copy Share Image
Imagining living in a universe without purpose may prepare us to better face reality head on. I cannot see that this is… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
History does not repeat itself. Nor does it unfold in cycles. The real future is contingent, rich beyond imagining, a perennial gobsmack,… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I cannot help imagining with excitement a new era with a face-off between Hedi Slimane at YSL and Raf… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
My niece was very much caught up in the vampire craze for young adults, and she thought having a vampire boyfriend would… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
Scientists and philosophers tend to treat knowledge, imagination and love as if they were all very separate parts of human nature. But… — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
As the writer of a pseudonymous book, I gave up my own accumulated history as a novelist and became what I had… — Susan Shreve Copy Share Image
I had no real idea I was going to become a writer. It was just a game for me. I just liked… — Rabindranath Maharaj Copy Share Image
Nuclear doctrine consists of thinking the unthinkable. It involves making threats and promising retaliation that is cruel and destructive beyond imagining. But… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“My favorite words in the world are these: “what” and “if” in conjunction. They question curiosities in simple form and function. “What”… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
When I wrote the screenplay for 'Sleepwalk with Me,' I was imagining that another person would direct it. So I was using… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Walk a mile in my shoes is good advice. Our children will learn to respect others if they are used to imagining… — Neil Kurshan Copy Share Image
Do not test out your mind on the grounds that you are examining what seductive and impure thoughts look like, imagining that,… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
Why is it that here in the United States we have such difficulty even imagining a different sort of society from the… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
'Posh' is not really political. I didn't want to aim a brickbat at the system. Or to bash Old Etonians. It was… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
Past middle age, some friends suggested that I should have my eyebags removed, the deepening creases on my face stretched. I often… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
