Paul Auster When I’m writing, I don’t feel neurotic. So it’s better for the family if I’m working. – Paul Auster Family Quotes Feel Quotes Neurotic Quotes Writing Quotes Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our mother or father would sit down beside us in the semi-dark and read from a book of fairy tales. The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I’m talking about myself very directly.
Kenneth Oppel I’m cursed with this puritanical streak that makes me want everything to be about something. It’s a terrible affliction. – Kenneth Oppel
Arthur Lewis Science affects all our ways of thinking about the world: both the physical world, which, if I may make so bold, is easy to understand because it is regular and follows simple laws, and also the social world, which is more baffling and less predictable. – Arthur Lewis
Eric Whitacre Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I’ve been listening to these recordings of British choirs. I just fell in love with that sound – that pure, clean, pristine sound – and I think it’s probably been the biggest influence on my sound. – Eric Whitacre
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