Emma Healey Penelope Fitzgerald never fails to surprise: her language is clever and elegant, her settings are unusual, her characters are unpredictable, and I am always caught out by a line or moment which makes me laugh out loud. – Emma Healey Caught Quotes Characters Quotes Clever Quotes Elegant Quotes Fails Quotes Fitzgerald Quotes Language Quotes Laugh Quotes Loud Quotes Moment Quotes Penelope Quotes Settings Quotes Surprise Quotes Unpredictable Quotes Unusual Quotes The characters in a novel are made up, figments of the writer’s imagination. I’m sure this won’t come as a surprise to anyone, and it’s not surprising to me either, but knowing this, feeling this, definitely made writing my second book harder. Mark Haddon’s ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ was published while I was trying to work out how to write ‘Elizabeth Is Missing,’ and reading the story of that impaired amateur detective gave me the licence I needed to attempt one of my own.
Boy George A lot of people felt I was getting work because I was Boy George. My response at the time was that there’s a lot of DJs making records, they’re not all making good records, but they have the right to do that. – Boy George
Christian Pulisic I played one year of competitive basketball, actually. I don’t remember what grade I was in, maybe middle school or something. I was the point guard – I was the smallest one always. I did my best; I thought I did pretty good. I was always a little bit better at soccer, so I had to make the decision. – Christian Pulisic
Samantha Power There are young idealists all around the world falling in love with the Yankees now and realists who are gravitating to the Red Sox. I think the universe is on its head. – Samantha Power
Ryan Bader In college wrestling we had to make weight every weekend, so it’s not bad at all. I get it off easily. – Ryan Bader
Merle Dandridge If I’ve learned one thing from my mother, my teachers, my greatest female inspirations, it’s that Boundaries Are Optional. – Merle Dandridge
Hailey Gates Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something. – Hailey Gates
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