Bernard Cornwell It’s fun. I sit down every day and tell stories. Some folk would kill to get that chance. – Bernard Cornwell Chance Quotes Day Quotes Folk Quotes Fun Quotes Kill Quotes Sit Quotes Stories Quotes One book at a time… though I’m usually doing the research for others while I’m writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written – and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. So far it’s 43 books in 25 years.
A S Byatt I like to write about painting because I think visually. I see my writing as blocks of color before it forms itself. I think I also care about painting because I’m not musical. Painting to me is not a metaphor for writing, but something people do that can never be reduced to words. – A S Byatt
AmazingLara St John Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure. – Lara St John
Marc Bloch But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding. – Marc Bloch
Arne Duncan We’ve seen more reform in the last year than we’ve seen in decades, and we haven’t spent a dime yet. It’s staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change. – Arne Duncan
Jenny Mollen My brother and I have never been that close. We have different mothers and never lived in the same house. As kids, my sister, Samantha, and I lived in San Diego and Brad in Brooklyn. The only time I saw him was in the summer when our visitations with our father overlapped. – Jenny Mollen
Jeffrey Kluger When we’re awake, cortisol can fragment memories – one reason eyewitness crime scene accounts are so unreliable. But at night that very fragmentation allows creative recombinations of ideas. – Jeffrey Kluger
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