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children book writing
People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard. David Walliams
children bathroom comedy
I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.
children book literature
Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself.
children creativity character
I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to.
children book hands
When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite was 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.' Everything about it electrified me, and when I re-read Roald Dahl's books as an adult it surprised me.
children different unusual
As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. David Rockefeller
children cities people
One of the things people are fleeing when they leave the city is the need either to reject people who are less well educated than themselves, or to accept them with all that implies for their children's education and future placement in the society. David Riesman
children cities doctors
The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city.
children memories grandmother
Originally the structure was . . . a modern narrator who would appear intermittently and talk about his memories of his grandmother, which would then be juxtaposed against scenes from the past. But the stories from the past were always more interesting that the things in the present. I find this almost endemic to modern plays that veer between past and present. . . . So as we've gone on developing GOLDEN CHILD, the scenes from the past have become more dominant, and all that remains of the present are these two little bookends that frame the action. David Henry Hwang
fantasy fiction genres matters medical offer science technology
One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives. Tansy Rayner Roberts
fantasy trouble brevity
This is going to take a while. I'm a fantasy author. We have trouble with the concept of brevity. Brandon Sanderson
fantasy globe hear mind people pure throughout
Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it's not just the building, it's the only place you can hear this kind of work. Mark Rylance
fantasy-novels spy horror
I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels. Benjamin Percy
fantasy astronomy biomedical
I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting. Elizabeth Moon
fantasy home touch work
I work in fantasy all day, so when I go home, I want to touch reality. Johnny Galecki
fantasy huge love maybe
I'm a huge 'Harry Potter' fan. When you're acting, it's a fantasy already, maybe it's the costumes, I love it. It's so fun. Meghan Ory
fantasy fulfill hollywood wall
There is a real fantasy with the American West. When you really make it big in Hollywood or on Wall Street, you want to fulfill that fantasy. Billy Long
fantasy fulfill hollywood wall
There is a real fantasy with the American West, ... When you really make it big in Hollywood or on Wall Street, you want to fulfill that fantasy. Billy Thornton
good-day legs skiing
We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes. David Hyde Pierce
good-and-bad situation term
Terms like 'good' and 'bad' are extremely simplistic in what is a far more complex situation. David Icke
good-life cat
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life. Ben Whishaw
good-luck cards rare-occasion
I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions! Bear Grylls
good-man very-good good-manager
I never thought I was a very good manager. Barry Diller
good-friend rocks rock-music
I love everything, but I really love rock music. Incubus, Augustana, Nirvana, Chevelle, iHi-Hi-Fi, they're my really good friends. Audrina Patridge
good-faith concerned
It's risky to take anything on good faith where a woman is concerned. August Strindberg
good-friend games laughing
Life is the game that must be played, this truth at least, good friends, we know; so live and laugh, nor be dismayed as one by one the phantoms go. Arthur Rubinstein
good turned
We actually had a little sunshine. It turned out to be a pretty good day. We had a lot of p.r.'s.
helps quick spinning
I have late onset ADHD. I take on too much and end up spinning plates, but it's entertaining, and it helps you make quick connections if you're a comedian, if you have a brain that can dance around too much. Rory Bremner
helps hope next positive week
Let's hope what we've done this week helps us to get something positive in our next games. Fernando Torres
helps inside outside ready rested
Levi's been more of the outside guy; I'm more of the inside game. That helps us out a lot. It helps keep each of us rested and ready to go.
helps love turn vision
Love helps you to know yourself... turn your vision inward. Sathya Baba
helps human
Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.
helps needs rule
I think every artist needs a rule that's stupid but that helps him, like a deadline would. Thomas Mars
helps positive protect
Positive defaults protect you from yourself - and that helps you to make decisions in the moment that are better for your long-term interests. Tom Rath
helps provides scientists separate top
This provides something that is readable for the layperson and has been vetted by some of the top scientists. It helps you separate the misinformation. Michael Milken
helps hoping knows work
No one really knows why. We're hoping some of our work here helps find out. Ann Davis
scary ironic culture
It's ironic that in our culture everyone's biggest complaint is about not having enough time; yet nothing terrifies us more than the thought of eternity. Dennis Miller
scary earth messages
I'm asking you in your sermons to do the work of the Lord here on earth. I ask for your help in getting that message out urgently tomorrow. Al Gore
scary trying quality
Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality. Alanis Morissette
scary messages world
Do I have a message? Yes, I do. Here's my message: as scary as the world is - and it is - it is merely a ride... Bill Hicks
scary scare easier
The scares are the easier part of scary movies. The hard part of scary movies is what leads up to the scares. Jason Blum
scary scare elements
Horror is great storytelling with scary elements on top of it, but if you don't have great storytelling, you can have all the scares in the world, but the movie won't work.
scary looks kind
Me in drag is kind of scary, actually. It's frightening. I actually look pretty good. Carrot Top
scary vampire kevin
I love scary movies, but I'd never really even seen The Vampire Diaries, up until I met [Kevin Williamson]. Britt Robertson
scary waking wake-up
Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life. Brit Marling