Charles McCarry I was swimming in my swimming pool when ‘The Secret Lovers’ popped entire into my head. I got out, dried off, went upstairs, and finished the book in about 50 days. – Charles McCarry Book Quotes Days Quotes Dried Quotes Entire Quotes Finished Quotes Head Quotes Lovers Quotes Pool Quotes Popped Quotes Secret Quotes Swimming Quotes Upstairs Quotes I’ve consciously tried not to romanticize anything, especially not intelligence work. I’ve always said that I’ve been writing a series of episodic, naturalistic novels. The people just happen to be spies, politicians, civil servants. As an old man who remembers the intellectual exhilaration and the pleasure of having done good work that characterized the CIA when it was young, I wonder if it might not be better to speak and think in terms of restoring its culture.
Simon Singh I don’t want to write books that are intellectually staggering if nobody’s going to read them. – Simon Singh
CommunicationMichael Tilson Thomas But if I can be convinced and then through the work that we do together, the orchestra can really be convinced of the big sweep of that communication that the piece suggests, then the audience will get it and it will be a good experience for all of us. – Michael Tilson Thomas
Gabourey Sidibe Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood. – Gabourey Sidibe
Coleen Nolan Some of the best and most beautiful weddings I’ve been to have been small and intimate. – Coleen Nolan
AngerBhumi Pednekar Women, especially in rural India, have to undergo such suffering and pain. It is important for our cinema to address their pain, anger, and frustration. – Bhumi Pednekar
Belinda Carlisle The albums ‘Heaven On Earth’ and ‘Runaway Horses’ and ‘Live Your Life Be Free’ were harking back to when I was a young girl and listening to Californian radio – lush productions, complicated melodies, harmonies like the Beach Boys and the Mamas and Papas. That’s what those albums remind me of. – Belinda Carlisle
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