Mark Haddon If kids like a picture book, they’re going to read it at least 50 times. Read anything that often, and even minor imperfections start to feel like gravel in the bed. – Mark Haddon Bed Quotes Book Quotes Feel Quotes Gravel Quotes Imperfections Quotes Kids Quotes Minor Quotes Picture Quotes Read Quotes Start Quotes Times Quotes If one book’s done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There’s that horror of the second novel that doesn’t match up. I’ve written 16 children’s books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad.
Gyorgy LigetiMusic I listen to all kinds of music – new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything. – Gyorgy Ligeti
Jim Broadbent I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I’d hate to have to protect myself. I’m quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don’t get given a hard time by anyone. – Jim Broadbent
Angela Duckworth Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered. – Angela Duckworth
Daniel Woodrell I just really like the verve and muscle of good crime fiction, the narrative punch of it. The underlying principle of good crime fiction is an insistence on a kind of root democracy. I’ve always responded to that notion. – Daniel Woodrell
Andrew Gillum What Republican voters have shown us is that when they have the choice between the real thing and the fake one, they go with the real one every time. – Andrew Gillum
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