Japan, Germany, and India seem to me to have serious writers, readers, and book buyers, but the Netherlands has struck me as… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
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I was struck by the way Europeans see history as something neatly linear. For me, it's not that; it's not some kind… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
On reading the first part of Anthony Powell's four-part masterpiece, 'A Dance to the Music of Time,' I was struck by one… — Rebecca Pidgeon Copy Share Image
At the moment, I'm afraid that the discipline system doesn't give teachers the support that they need. One thing that I've been… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
I remember Simon O'Donnell being struck with cancer during Australia's 1987 World Cup campaign. I know very well what it is like… — Tom Moody Copy Share Image
In re-reading 'Presumed Innocent,' the one thing that struck me - and I re-read the book four different times in writing 'Innocent,'… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
They were just kind of simultaneous - the film ending and the sets being destroyed. I was struck the first time I… — Rupert Grint Copy Share Image
This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen… — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
I must be the last person online to have been struck with this realization, but it's amazing how the Internet has empowered… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
I spend way too much time watching television, going to sports games, going to movies. It struck me that there's an awful… — Anita Elberse Copy Share Image
My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang… — Laura Mvula Copy Share Image
The music began, and it was one of those life-changing moments. I saw an artist, Janis Joplin. She was exhilarating. She was… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
I think one of the things that was a huge surprise to everyone with 'Silence of the Lambs' was that that was… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
When I was 10 or 11, I was on this TV series called 'Dead Man's Gun' and Henry Winkler was a guest… — Reece Thompson Copy Share Image
I am star-struck but also I've known a lot of people for a long time. Like I'm super star-struck by Grant Lee… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
It struck me what we should be trying to do was pluck the egg from the ovary and fertilise it in the… — Robert Edwards Copy Share Image
Religion triggers a lot of emotions in me, most of which stem from being raised Jewish in a very Baptist community in… — David Cross Copy Share Image
You were saying that once when visiting Yale, you were struck that unlike Pound, Williams's thinking was volatile, I mean, did not… — Robert Creeley Copy Share Image
When I first got out of school, I went on a children's theater tour, and I went around the country a little… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
I think the toughest part for me was when Herschelle said that he obviously looked up to his Captain, and he felt… — Hansie Cronje Copy Share Image
In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from interviewers tend… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the… — Mike Wilson Copy Share Image
When I visited Vietnam for Oxfam, the thing that really struck me was how the local farmers had to prepare to evacuate… — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
During the 1970s and 1980s Gibson did use my likeness, but we never signed anything. This new Signature model is the first… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I met Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I'm not really star struck by actors, but musicians, that's when I… — Christopher Mintz-Plasse Copy Share Image
I went looking for some preliminary information, and very quickly was struck by the sort of way the surface-level knowledge about Zelda… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
Whether it has been supporting Corby's new free school, or fighting for the truth on the Cube overspend and land development deals,… — Louise Mensch Copy Share Image
The big things in the average person's life are the romances that they have - and then the destruction and loss of… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
'Entourage' is almost required watching in L.A., and everyone seems to have story suggestions for the show itself, which is amazing because… — Kevin Connolly Copy Share Image
I've never been so star struck in my life as when I met President Obama and Bill Clinton... and at the same… — Megan Hilty Copy Share Image
Most of all, I am struck by an irony central to the lot of a purebred dog: As it attains the hallmarks… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Airborn' after completing three books about bats. I loved my bats, but what a treat it was to write about… — Kenneth Oppel Copy Share Image
You never know how things will last, if they will last, and how people will use them in the future. It was… — Blair Underwood Copy Share Image
I was a TV producer at a noncommercial station, and we were producing some good documentaries - on Head Start, on poverty.… — Joan Ganz Cooney Copy Share Image
