Always Quote by Jed S. Rakoff

For me, a novel is always the result of my attempt to impose myself on raw circumstances. It is a concrete form of lived…

— Rachel Cusk

I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create…

— Jamie Oliver

I am a canvas of my experiences, my story is etched in lines and shading, and you can read it on my arms, my…

— Kat Von D

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

— Jourdan Dunn

I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage.

— David Bowie

Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced…

— Paula McLain

I'm taken by a story and a character. I'll read a script, and if it touches me and moves me and makes waves, that's…

— Ellie Bamber

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at…

— Liza Campbell

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think.

— Jane Rule

I have a passion for design. Be it a line of clothes or taking a gut decision with unique pieces of furniture, one should…

— Gauri Khan

I like mechanical things; my first book was a mechanics guide - that was what my parents couldn't pry away from me; that was…

— Philipp Meyer

Where the novel makes use of material from my life it does so because it's aesthetically convenient, not because of any allegiance it has…

— Garth Greenwell