Alastair Reynolds One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word. – Alastair Reynolds Agonising Quotes Breakthroughs Quotes Stopped Quotes Word Quotes Writer Quotes The first time I read a crime novel – I think it may have been an Elmore Leonard book – it took some time for me to realise how the genre worked. There were about 20 characters on the first page, and I wasn’t used to this. I started to enjoy it when I saw that was how crime books worked. I despair of reality television, but I’ve never met anyone who watches it. Or people say, ‘I watch it, but I hate it.’ I’ve never met anyone who loves it. It’s like, it’s there, and we have to accept it.
Jamie Bamber I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that, I am certainly British by formation and education and readily think of London as home. I had never lived in the U.S. till 2007. – Jamie Bamber
Alexander Gilkes I am never without my gavel, which I bought from an antique shop in Burford, in the Cotswolds. – Alexander Gilkes
Gretchen Bleiler From day one, snowboarding led me down a totally different path, and it’s that path that’s kept me laughing and continually intrigued. I love the satisfaction at the end of the day of overcoming my fears, of spending all day outside working hard, and there’s nothing better than the feeling of landing a new trick for the first time. – Gretchen Bleiler
Jennifer Saunders Well, I would definitely give up performing… But I would still sit down in an office and pretend to write with Dawn, even if we never produced anything, because it’s just hilarious. I would miss that. – Jennifer Saunders
Eva Moskowitz I am from an F.D.R. liberal-Democratic family. With proximity to government, I have become more libertarian. – Eva Moskowitz
Lee Hyeon-seo Many people – when they think about North Korea and the dictatorship, or the military or nuclear weapons, nuclear missiles, those things – tend to forget ordinary citizens are living there. – Lee Hyeon-seo
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