The first modern novel was already a product, even an expression, of negative criticism: 'Don Quixote' contains a quite explicit critique of… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
My father was a tailor. He worked from seven o'clock in the morning until seven at night. At least when he got… — Harold Pinter Copy Share Image
It's so funny because as a parent you kind of just fall into your roles. Nate loves to change a diaper more… — Jeremiah Brent Copy Share Image
There is none of that feeling about art that you meet everywhere in Europe. There you will hear people say, 'Oh, you… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
The closest thing to an outline is, because my memory is so bad now, if something occurs to me that I think… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Poor Christopher-John had fallen into the hands of Miss. Daisy Crocker. I greatly sympathized him, but as in everything else, Christopher John… — Mildred D. Taylor Copy Share Image
“discovered I am highly productive in the morning and not so productive in the afternoon. So I would plan to do the… — Caroline Porter Thomas Copy Share Image
I like the smell of toast. Coffee is okay, but I don't drink much coffee. But toast is a nice smell. You… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
And yes, to answer you seriously, I am beginning to be... well, not bored, but tempted; afraid, but tempted. When you've been… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
I might even go for walks, just kind of come up with ideas in my head and then even sleep over it.… — Ramin Djawadi Copy Share Image
The inhabitants of earth behold commonly but the dark and shadowy under side of heaven's pavement; it is only when seen at… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Those who have to face persistent political persecution become highly politicized. Our lives take on a rhythm different from those who, on… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I needed to put something together that would continually get me up at 4:30 in the morning, get me to work and… — Gabriel Mann Copy Share Image
I find that most of wake up day, not because we genuinely 'want' to, but because we have to. We have to… — Hal Elrod Copy Share Image
I remember that winter because it had brought the heaviest snows I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long… — Raymond Briggs Copy Share Image
Running gives me a clearer perspective on the world ... I've always seen the world by running, and that has allowed me… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
I want to wake up one morning and know how to write page one, or page 10, or page 250. But I… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
What I like to do when nobody's watching at home is, when I have my shower in the morning, I listen to… — Shirley Ballas Copy Share Image
I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing… — Giles Deacon Copy Share Image
I make Eric pick up from this little local place in Nashville that has really good honey whole wheat bread. It's near… — Jessie James Decker Copy Share Image
I always like to start my morning with a good amount of fruit. I really like pineapple, particularly because of the enzymes… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
She serves me a piece of it a few minutes out of the oven. A little steam rises from the slits on… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
Every morning when we wake up we've been given a wonderful gift-another day of life-so let's make the most of it. No… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
We know what hair smells like when a hot comb hits it. That's a cultural thing. We know what that smells like… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
The difference between the actual and the ideal force of man is happily figured in by the schoolmen, in saying, that the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Politics is challenging for everyone's integrity... I have to wake up with myself every morning, and I have to be OK with… — Betsy Hodges Copy Share Image
“The first two hours of that morning were such as I never experienced before, and hope never to again. Early in the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth,… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
One night I couldn't sleep. It was like 2:00 in the morning. I was thinking, 'What can I do?' I'm watching TV.… — Adam Sandler Copy Share Image
“Each day of your life, as soon as you open your eyes in the morning, you can square away for a happy… — George Matthew Adams Copy Share Image
Well, I woke up one morning around Christmas, went as far as the shops, and when I got to the corner I… — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all… — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Copy Share Image
You always hear about fashion's success stories. How a starlet lost an earring one night and by the next morning, the entire… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
You're beautiful this morning," Archer said, stopping before her, kissing her nose. "You're impossibly sweet in my shirt." That might be but… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
There's a definite sense this morning on the part of the Kerry voters that perhaps this is code, 'moral values,' is code… — Diane Sawyer Copy Share Image
My friends joke that I love planning things - which I do - and the reason is because there's so much I… — Benjamin Stone Copy Share Image
Just as you are unconsciously influenced by outside advertisement, announcement, and appeal, so you can vitally influence your life from within by… — Grenville Kleiser Copy Share Image
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Age is a peculiar kind of thief. It slips up on you and steps inside your skin and is so quiet and… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
In a psychiatric hospital, a lot of people believe that people on TV are talking to them directly through the screen. I'm… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
