Umberto Eco
Related OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES GARTH STEIN I can write ten or twelve screenplays in the time it takes me to write one novel. This allows me to ... BENJAMIN PERCY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Life is like farting in front of someone and then trying to convince him, you didn't fart. It's hard... ME Just look at what is spelled:ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester... ME :) If a fangirl tells you she likes you, you better be happy. Her standards are very high. ME My friends all regarded me as a man of unsound mind because I held the view that my wife was with me... ALEX CAMPBELL IMELDA MARCOS I am writing in despair. I am cursing the day of my birth just like Job. I would have wished a quick... GAO ZHAN Although my stories are all very different on the surface, I like to write stories about characters ... MORRIS GLEITZMAN AMISHA PATEL If I think of a reader while I am writing, the only reader who really matters for me is my wife. It&... ALEXI ZENTNER ALI LANDRY Because my musical background is so diverse, it lends me to have very much my own style and it helps... CASEY JAMES SHASHI THAROOR KIRSTEN DUNST I write because there is a madness within me to express my thoughts in words. I write because I feel... AVIJEET DAS ISIDORE DUCASSE LAUTREAMONT When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength whic... COMTE DE LAUTREAMONT SPIKE MILLIGAN SONAKSHI SINHA I am friends with someone because they bring out the best in me. In this respect all of my friends a... NICK KINSELLA PAULO COELHO GAUTAM SINGHANIA I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subserv... VALERIE JUNE I write fiction not for my readers and not for myself. I write fiction for the sake of those odd her... NICHOLAS TRANDAHL PAULA COLE HARRIET BEECHER STOWE STEPHEN KING I probably write 10 things to every one that I want to use. It's easy for me to write something that... ALEX CHILTON Every time I dream, you are present in them and every time I open my eyes and see you next to me it ... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my re... RUSSELL FREEDMAN NANCY E. TURNER DANIELLE STEEL ISABEL ALLENDE STEPHENIE MEYER NAGUIB MAHFOUZ AARON NEVILLE GEORGE SHEEHAN I would say that my fatal flaw, as a human being, is that I need people to like me, and if they don&... DAMON LINDELOF F. SIONIL JOSE VIRGINIA SATIR DAN SAVAGE My eyes are vague blue, like the sky, and change all the time; they are indiscriminate but fleeting,... FRANK O'HARA The old sergeant from headquarters treats me like a son and takes the greatest pride in whatever I d... RICHARD H. DAVIS I like to write about beautiful places, interesting places to me. PHYLLIS A. WHITNEY CHARLOTTE ERIKSSON Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the gro... EMILIO ESTEVEZ What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that constantly persecute and torment me and perhap... MAX BECKMANN A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is ... MADELEINE L'ENGLE He allows me to have my own program and supports me and makes me feel like I am appreciated and resp... JIM COLBORN My orange Persian Mews hangs out with me while I write. KAREN ROBARDS It's almost like home to me. I won my first major race here when I was 10, and it seems like this is... BRETT HEYL Was he my home, then, my homecoming? You are my homecoming. When I’m with you and we’re well tog... ANDRé ACIMAN I write because, if I don't, my characters will murder me in my sleep. ASTRID 'ARTISTIKEM' CRUZ WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If you approach one step nearer to me, I shall advance three steps towards you. Wherever you walk, I... SRI SATHYA SAI BABA SYLVIA PANKHURST ROMAN PAYNE I get pretty excited when teams do that because I am so used to getting doubled. My teammates have c... CRYSTAL LANGHORNE CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE When I am me, I can see me in my space. My desk faces the window and an ocean. The flower on my desk... JAN DENISE TAYLOR SWIFT When my friends are gone, and i am so troubled all alone.
My mother is always right behind me, prayi... BRADLEY B. DALINA BENJAMIN F. WADE I keep stressing that last year put everything in perspective. I felt like football was my whole lif... STEVE SMITH The people believe that those who do not think as they do are fools. For that reason, they take me f... JOSé RIZAL DONALD CARGILL He's like my brother. It's great to have him here with me. All the guys on the team are important to... CAMILLE MOUTE SOPHOCLES ROBERT EMMET RICHARD PRICE I like all types of women. I accept them as they are when they come into my life... But I'm not ... NAYVADIUS CASH I am often asked what made me the way I am. And my answer is always this: I've always been me. It ju... ALFA H JOSE RIZAL When you start to realize: you are something that is precious to me, "Debug" me as you like; and whe... CG9SYXJHZGL0AWE= EMRAAN HASHMI A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, w... MADELEINE L'ENGLE PETE WENTZ NICHOLAS SPARKS Allow me to be me, accept me as I am.
Let me tell you my joys, take pride in my honesty.
Listen to m... JOHN B. BEJO BELLA THORNE MARILYN MONROE MARILYN MONROE ELIZABETH WURTZEL ELIZABETH WURTZEL DAVID LEVITHAN To me I don't deal with stress well at all, and it is stressful enough for me to deal with my ow... DOUG JONES I vividly remember my sixth-grade classroom. I remember what it smelled like, where I sat, what I co... RODMAN PHILBRICK No, I am just writing this because, sometimes, you’re still all I have to write about. Sometimes y... MORIAH PEARSON Weird is my personality, Complicated are my words and Mystery I am but those what gets you to like m... RED DELACHINA I don?t put on too much weight. They like me at my size right now as long as I am getting faster. FELIX JONES LINDSEY STIRLING I like all the angels around because they protect me and my daughter. I mean, her Dad's an angel. COURTNEY LOVE IDOWU KOYENIKAN SCOTT WEILAND JEFF LINDSAY ALEC BALDWIN
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I hold my peace, sir? no;
I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be comfo... 
You are like a god, like an immortal one,' she whispered to me one night in our bed, her naked body ... 
Lebedeva’s eyes shone. “Masha, listen to me. Cosmetics are an extension of the will. Why do you ... 
One of my big goals as a human being is to continue to write what's really happening to me, even... 
Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are bor... 
Now I am near to the getting of my crown, which shall be sure; for I bless the Lord, and desire all ... 
And if to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool. 
"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my
epitaph. No man can write my epita... 
It would make me so happy if I didn't have to write the scripts of my own books. 
I do not write for this generation. I am writing for other ages. If this could read me, they would b... 
I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Al... 
My parents treat me like I'm 14. They make me clean my room and stuff like that. They're always like... 
What was she like?"
I don't have to try to be perfect because I know that my fans like me for who I am. They like me... 
I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times har... 
I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassette... 
"I always carry lots of stuff with me wherever I roam, always weighted down with books, with cassett... 
I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make... 
I am so much happier when I am doing the things that make me me, and that's living by my standards a... 
Most people write me off when they see me.
When people ask me if I have a hobby, a lot of times my answer is that I like to surf in warm water.... 
I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better th... 
There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time. 