Dislike Quote by Shirley Jackson

My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your mother for…

— Mary Rodgers

Sometimes I've drawn on autobiographical material, maybe situations that I've felt trapped by, and turned them into something else, but in a very superficial…

— William Wegman

All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same…

— John Banville

I think each album does have a different energy, otherwise you'd be doing the same thing again and not experimenting anew... Albums are such…

— Kate Bush

The only pertinent political question in relation to an identity [or its photograph] is not Is it really coherent? but What does it actually…

— Victor Burgin

The fine art of executive decision consists in not deciding questions that are not now pertinent, in not deciding prematurely, in not making decisions…

— Chester Barnard

As you become acquainted with a character you are creating, you add parts of yourself that are pertinent to that character.

— Chuck Jones

The class that I teach is called "The Life of a Photograph." It takes up the question, of the billion photographs that were taken…

— Sam Abell

Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only way you…

— Henry A. Kissinger

It is frequently more rewarding merely to ask pertinent questions. It may get someone to go and look for an answer.

— Prince Philip

Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact…

— D.T. Suzuki

It was from the artists and poets that the pertinent answers came, and I know that panic would have broken loose had they been…

— Anonymous