Bits and pieces Quote by Markus Zusak

When I was a boy I didn't care about a thing It was me and this world and a broken dream I was blaming…

— Nik Taylor

“Inversnaid This darksome burn, horseback brown, His rollrock highroad roaring down, In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam Flutes and low…

— Gerald Manley Hopkins

Creativity is a lot like looking at the world through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else…

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or five books…

— Markus Zusak

“What of God’s silence? I think it over. I add: An intellect confounded yet a trusting sense of presence and of ultimate purpose.”

— Yann Martel

“silence is still silence, except when you think about it too much.”

— Haruki Murakami

I'm not encouraged by the silence. I can think of no benign reason for it. I'm afraid we may expect something closer to Christopher…

— Rick Yancey

“I never really feel that I’m stuck. I actually think that people are never stuck, there’s no such thing as writers block, I think…

— Tony Kushner

If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, 'Speak out.…

— Criss Jami

“I won't say I told you so. But let's just take a moment of silence to think about the fact that I was right.”

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The biggest achievement is to create silence. I think every real writer who has a passion to do justice to the world thinks this…

— Peter Handke

The secret to living in the rush of the world with a minimum of pain is to get as many people as possible to…

— Philip Roth