I can read a newspaper article, and it might trigger something else in my mind. I often like to choose in historical… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
My worst subject in school was school, but it turns out I'm great at starting them. — Bob Goff Copy Share Image
Anything can be done if you find friends to do it with. The lucky biographers find themselves drawn into a sort of… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Short stories have no net. The writer cannot take a leisurely sixty pages to get things moving, or make a side trip… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in… — Saint Ignatius Copy Share Image
The things that I have said when I was young and curious about whatever the subject matter was, I respect those -… — Nas Copy Share Image
I have often talked with angels on this subject, and they have invariably declared that in heaven they are unable to divide… — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
Falling down is a very big subject, and so is the concept of downfall. None of us escapes, and I have had… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I have always got my computer or phone nearby so that I can find out extra details about a certain subject. — Jenny Ryan Copy Share Image
Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure,… — Jim Sturgess Copy Share Image
As actors, we are so privileged to do what we do and to give to the world and to choose the subject… — Juliette Binoche Copy Share Image
As an actor, the toughest thing is being subject to circumstance. Meaning: What scripts are out there that are available? — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
What interests me is the idea that classics is actually quite democratic. It isn't only the toff, upper-class subject it's often thought… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
I don't want to subject myself just to one scheme. I think it's just if you can play, you can play no… — Malik Jackson Copy Share Image
I didn't hear anybody talking about the plight of a soldier coming back home and what he'd gone through. That was why… — John Prine Copy Share Image
I'm not exactly a maths genius - I'm really good at maths, maths was my favorite subject in school, but I wasn't… — Matt Dallas Copy Share Image
Christians are as subject to complacency as anybody else, and we can certainly settle into repetition and forget that something radical and… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
When I got diagnosed, the more research I did about it - MS overall, as a subject, as a disease - there's… — Jack Osbourne Copy Share Image
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
Alien Chutney is just what the name suggests it is. Its music that is so funny and quirky and weird that it… — Vir Das Copy Share Image
A lot can be said with just a look, or the way the body moves. Each song is a different character. So… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
When you are absorbed in a biographical subject, you get so close you don't realise the potential effect of what you say.… — Sarah Bradford Copy Share Image
We sometimes forget that human invention can also be a subject of human invention: that might seem a modern notion, or a… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
Growing up, I was like any Aussie kid - you know we love our sport - that was my favourite subject at… — Nick Cummins Copy Share Image
I think games are a good medium for approaching any subject, particularly difficult ones, because by their very nature, they are abstract,… — Brenda Brathwaite Copy Share Image
