I devour history books. I love anything by Thomas B. Costain or George MacDonald Fraser. He writes magnificent history, and he also… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Runaways,' I was a naive kid who thought that all parents were evil. Now that I'm a wise old… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Mr. In-Between' very quickly when I was about 23. I wrote the penultimate chapter, then realised I'd done something which… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
In 1977, I wrote a series of poems about a character, Black Bart, a former cattle rustler-turned-alchemist. A good friend, Claude Purdy,… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Well just meeting J. K. Rowling was amazing because she created all this world. And all the fans, we all get so… — Evanna Lynch Copy Share Image
I had a strong propensity, which I still have, to be invisible. In grade school, I'd try to disappear and become formless.… — Amanda Plummer Copy Share Image
I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it. — Gloria Naylor Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Kidulthood,' I didn't even know there was going to be a 'Kidulthood.' I just wanted to test myself to… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
I once wrote a short story called 'The Best Blues Singer in the World,' and it went like this: 'The streets that… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
We're talking about, essentially, the Roman historians, who wrote Cleopatra into the story mostly so that they could talk about the rise… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
Yeah I do and I don't mind, in fact that is one of the real encouraging things about this whole career of… — Leo Kottke Copy Share Image
The reason I wrote 'I'm Too Young for This!' is to spare young women the suffering of hormonal loss - and it… — Suzanne Somers Copy Share Image
I've always said, since I got to know him and wrote about him, that he's the generation he least appeals to is… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
I wasn't a class clown, I just found at an early age that I was able to make people laugh. So I… — Alan Zweibel Copy Share Image
I'm not successful in Hollywood, and I probably would never be. I think Hollywood has such an interesting model for success, and… — C. C. H. Pounder Copy Share Image
I was a fan of the Marx Brothers. One of them had this character where he pretended not to be able to… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I wrote a spec script that people really liked: a political serial based on Jeffrey's Toobin's 'A Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.' It was… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
You have to learn to draw the same emotion you had when you wrote a song every time you perform it. Acting… — Crystal Bowersox Copy Share Image
I was planning to stay in the Army all my life, but I ended up being posted to a training camp in… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
'Something More' is a song that I wrote not necessarily about country radio, more so about a lot of songs that were… — Scotty McCreery Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks I have a coffee plantation in Sierra Leone, but I have a cashew crop project. I wrote about a woman… — Aminatta Forna Copy Share Image
