Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life,… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
You cannot give me an instance of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time contriving not to have… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Downtime is where we become ourselves, looking into the middle distance, kicking at the curb, lying on the grass or sitting on… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The zest for life of those unusual men and women who make a great zealous success of living is due more often… — Edward Hoagland Copy Share Image
I think commercials get a bad rap, that there's no creativity to them, but I haven't found that to be entirely true.… — Judith Hoag Copy Share Image
Film is like tech starts on the first day of filming and it never stops. There's never a moment when the audience… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
Quite frankly, I'm tired of taking insulin and pumping my stomach every three days and pricking my finger and drawing blood out… — Elliott Yamin Copy Share Image
Being an actor is often very tedious, which is why it helps hugely if your fellow cast members are also good friends. — Mark Strickson Copy Share Image
What is it about maps and globes that seems to require our undivided attention? I've spent hours looking at maps of places… — Dan Kieran Copy Share Image
I am inspired by the professionalism of others. I believe there is an obligation to strive for excellence in what one is… — Densey Clyne Copy Share Image
There is no form of prose more difficult to understand and more tedious to read than the average scientific paper. — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The lives of most authors - even, or perhaps especially, the great ones - are necessarily a catalogue of tedious inwardness and… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
In future, Clarissa," he said, "it might be wise to mention that you already have a man in your bed, to avoid… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Sunday, that day so tedious to the triflers of earth, so full of beautiful reposes of calmness and strength for the earnest… — Maria Jane McIntosh Copy Share Image
Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
One thing any backpacker will tell you is that it's tedious and monotonous. You're bored sometimes, so you really have to make… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
The tone of good conversation is brilliant and natural; it is neither tedious nor frivolous; it is instructive without pedantry, gay without… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Earning success is hard. The process is laborious, tedious, sometimes even boring. Becoming wealthy, influential, and world-class in your field is slow… — Darren Hardy Copy Share Image
When you spend your whole life traveling it does get really tedious and exhausting. — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it… — Sanaa Lathan Copy Share Image
