Elizabeth Gilbert Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel’s ‘Wolf Hall,’ which blew the top of my head straight off. I’ve read it three times, and I’m still trying to figure out how she put that magnificent thing together. – Elizabeth Gilbert Blew Quotes Dazzled Quotes Figure Quotes Hall Quotes Head Quotes Hilary Quotes Magnificent Quotes Mantels Quotes Read Quotes Straight Quotes Times Quotes Wolf Quotes Oh, I just want what we all want: a comfortable couch, a nice beverage, a weekend of no distractions and a book that will stop time, lift me out of my quotidian existence and alter my thinking forever. If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it.
Michael Crawford I’d be totally exhausted by mid-afternoon, and I could barely climb the stairs at home. It was particularly alarming because all my life I’d enjoyed doing all my own stunts in shows, taking on every physical challenge. Yet suddenly, I’d become like a very old man. I knew something was wrong, but I had no idea what. – Michael Crawford
Emily Compagno Before I could go out with friends I had to get my room ‘ready for inspection,’ and a good chunk of our family bonding time besides the kids’ activities were definitely all the chores we did. Which I loved. – Emily Compagno
Bernard Cornwell So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn’t stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries. – Bernard Cornwell
ChristmasMary Kay Andrews I was supposed to be working on ‘The Weekenders,’ but I was blocked. I got this crazy idea that I would make Christmas stockings out of blankets. – Mary Kay Andrews
John Hillcoat I love the sci-fi movies where it’s from the point of view of humans in that situation… When it becomes too clever in its ideas, the cyber-punk, high-tech thing, it becomes more about something else. – John Hillcoat
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