Ayelet Waldman The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: ‘Where,’ the reader asks, ‘do you get your ideas?’ It’s a simple question, and my usual response is a kind of helpless, ‘I don’t know.’ – Ayelet Waldman Despise Quotes Despises Quotes Helpless Quotes Ideas Quotes Loathe Quotes Loathes Quotes Question Quotes Reader Quotes Response Quotes Simple Quotes Single Quotes Usual Quotes Writer Quotes Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed. By presenting a faithful and honest record of my experience as a mother, I hope to show both my readers and my children how truth can redeem even what you fear might be the gravest of sins.
Georg Solti Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel against it, but then, as today, I disliked organized religion. I have a strange inhibition about praying with others. – Georg Solti
Inbar Lavi A way a woman walks and talks and moves and behaves is completely connected to how she looks. – Inbar Lavi
Gillian Armstrong It only happens once – that an actor is suddenly recognised as the star they are. – Gillian Armstrong
Gary Kemp I’ve always thought that actors wanted to be pop musicians and pop musicians wanted to be actors. – Gary Kemp
George Woodcock I don’t believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn’t pay anything, and that sort of thing. – George Woodcock
Paul Young For every musician there’s a certain point when your kids get to 13 or 14 and you become an embarrassment. They don’t want you to drop them off at school and they don’t like that you are different from the other parents, but thankfully mine are over that now, and are pretty cool with what I do. – Paul Young
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