Slow and steady Quote by Leigh Bardugo

“...think I none so simple would say that Aesop lied in the tales of his beasts: for who thinks that Aesop writ it for…

— Sir Philip Sidney

“Hester shook her head. 'Don't confuse what you do with who you are, dearie. Besides, there's no shame in humble work. Why, Aesop himself,…

— Jonathan Auxier

“One such monster lived around 600 B.C. and was the slave of a Greek nobleman named Iadmon who lived on Samos. This unfortunate was…

— Daniel P. Mannix

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.

— Anita Brookner

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop…

— Anita Brookner

“I knew I must write a novel. But it seemed an impossible thing to do when I had been trying with great difficulty to…

— Hemingway Ernest

“I was a born empiricist. I believed that writers were paid to pretend, and where appropriate should make use of the real world, the…

— Ian McEwan

“You need to be careful of people who tell you that adventure exists at the next turn--because it turns out that they are not…

— Christopher Herz

“The small lives of women don't make for good stories. That's why there were no girls in the stories Myrddin told, unless they were…

— Philip Reeve

“My mother always said that I would come to a bad end but I never thought she meant this - writing allegory in literal…

— Peter Murphy

“Eva, can I pose as Aesop in a cave?" No, Don.”

— Jon Agee

“Slow and steady does not win the race.”

— Nicholas Woo