Matthew Quick
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MADISON PETTIS HILL HARPER BUCHI EMECHETA Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a poin... ROGER PENROSE One professor in college told me flat out I wasn't good enough to enter the creative writing pro... ELLEN POTTER The first comic I can remember ever reading was a 'Fantastic Four' issue that my dad bought ... CHARLES SOULE ALICE WALKER TOM PETERS E. L. KONIGSBURG When me and my sister were toddlers, it was 'The Jungle Book' literally every day. If it was... GEORGE MACKAY When I sold my first book, 'A Conspiracy of Tall Men,' it was part of a two-book deal. It wa... NOAH HAWLEY ERNEST HEMINGWAY JON KATZ With the 'Hazelwood High' trilogy, I wasn't sure I was writing a trilogy. I would just w... SHARON DRAPER When I was eleven, my mother gave me Robert K. Massie's 'Nicholas and Alexandra.' It was... KATHRYN HARRISON AVRIL LAVIGNE The first book I ever wrote was in fourth grade and it was called 'Billy's Booger.' It w... WILLIAM JOYCE THEODORE WHITE STUDS TERKEL When I decided to run for Congress, I saw it as an opportunity to serve the South Jersey community t... JON RUNYAN KELSEA BALLERINI CATHERINE DENEUVE JULIA CAMERON I wrote that letter, and the one to Nixon. And I wrote more letters, and I thought it might be a mag... DON NOVELLO GAIL CARSON LEVINE JOHN GROGAN LIBBA BRAY STEVE MARTIN AARON SORKIN Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an odd... MARY ROACH TONY DUNGY DEYTH BANGER LAWRENCE WELK NATASHA TRETHEWEY I wrote my book 'The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue' completely like a writer does, writin... ROBERT KLEIN J. D. SALINGER In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell... KARAN MAHAJAN When I was a kid, I always thought that I'd be a comic book artist. It took a long time to start... DANIEL JOHNSTON NEIL GAIMAN I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd hav... EDDIE CAMPBELL DAVID J. C. MACKAY When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful... DAVID WALLIAMS When former Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote his recent book, 'Duty', it was full of tou... JOHN DICKERSON DAVID DASTMALCHIAN Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, draw... MARY GARDEN JAMES PATTERSON ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. All the characters in my book are fictional, but every single one of them was inspired by someone I ... SANELA RAMIC JURICH GLEN DUNCAN I actually wrote it down when Jamie said that. I'm going to use it in my book someday ? if I ever wr... STEVE MALCHOW RICK RIORDAN DREW BARRYMORE With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book... DAN PINK That the author is speaking only to us, that he is writing only for us, that no one on Earth has the... ADAM LANGER E. L. DOCTOROW RACHEL COHN When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was... ADAM CLYMER I personally am a 'discovery writer,' as we're termed, someone who plans the book by wri... KATHARINE KERR LOGAN LERMAN I thought he was kidding when he told me he was going to do it. It was surprising. JACQUE JONES FRANK MCCOURT My daughter loves romances. She's a Ph.D student at George Washington University, and when my fi... ANN MAXWELL TOM PETTY I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' the week that it came out. My father was a huge 'Star Wa... DONALD FAISON NAT WOLFF JACK CANFIELD I love baseball - 'Moneyball' was my favorite book when I was 13. DYLAN O'BRIEN BOB SEGER HARLAN COBEN GIGI HADID GRETCHEN RUBIN DAN WAKEFIELD KATHI APPELT It had to be a book that held my attention and kept me wanting to read it; when my husband finished ... RACHEL TUCKER MACAULAY CULKIN I don't read books. I read 'On the Road' in high school, and that was awesome, so I gues... MEGHAN TRAINOR When I first started drumming, when I was 14 or 15, I started writing songs. I wrote for a couple of... PHILIP SELWAY 'The Jungle Book.' It's one of the best animated films ever. I saw it when I was small a... MARJANE SATRAPI GRAYDON CARTER I certainly grew up seeing more movies and television than I read books, but when it came time to do... JOHN SAYLES
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DIANA QUICK The dangerous plant did not flower in every generation, they said. AMANDA QUICK I'd love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I'm thinking of one of those roles that Laur... DIANA QUICK I walked across Tuscany from Siena to Rome, which was a lovely way to see the landscape. It was sunn... DIANA QUICK I buy most of my plants from nurseries outside London these days, but there is a man who mysteriousl... DIANA QUICK Good looks are not something you earn. But as you get older, how you look is a reflection of the lif... DIANA QUICK I have a cottage near Aldeburgh, and from there it's a sturdy two-mile walk across farmland to a... DIANA QUICK That's an interesting question. It does seem that's where a lot of the flair, the misfits, the flamb... MIKE QUICK I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not... DIANA QUICK I'm a complete addict of The 'X Factor,' so I can see why everyone gets so inspired. But... DIANA QUICK I believe that the captain started to try to steer into the waves from this speedboat. When he turne... RUSSELL QUICK I've lived a dream for 40 years, ... It's been an unbelievable series of phenomenal experiences. RICHARD QUICK You have no idea of what you are doing to me,” he warned.AMANDA QUICK When you are rich and powerful, no one will challenge you to your face or give you a chance to expla... AMANDA QUICK Henceforth, whenever we are threatened with being cast adrift upon love’s transcendent, golden sho... AMANDA QUICK That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian pri... DIANA QUICK With four minutes left, I really thought we were going to win despite guys fouling out. The score wa... EDDIE QUICK This is a senior-laden group of guys that work hard. It was a good win. I'm proud of the guys. EDDIE QUICK In the second half, we attacked and got great contributions. At halftime, I told our guys we have to... EDDIE QUICK We've spent a lot of time talking about situations and keeping our composure. We've lost our composu... EDDIE QUICK The core of this team is the seniors. They're the ones that are pulling the weight. These are true H... EDDIE QUICK We would either grow up, mature as a team and hang in there or maybe we would say that we weren't go... EDDIE QUICK Our goal is to get to the last four minutes of a game with a chance to win. I don't think we're grea... EDDIE QUICK Playing the area's best teams has helped us because we've been in close games. Lately, we've been ab... EDDIE QUICK This group is mentally and physically tough. We've got a lot of football players and guys that have ... EDDIE QUICK The game didn't end either of our seasons. We've been in a lot of close games, so I hope we build on... EDDIE QUICK I don't wear much make-up in my non-working life, though I love to dress up and put on a face fo... DIANA QUICK I have so many memories, both at Stanford and in the coaching profession in general, ... I have been... RICHARD QUICK Give me a sandwich and think you saved the world? It don't work like that! God sent you to give me t... MATHEW QUICK My father was a very warm, gregarious, sociable person who had many interests. He lived his life ver... DIANA QUICK I did a couple of sketch shows with Mike Palin and Terry Jones... and then I got hired by Granada to... DIANA QUICK Almost singularly, the main point is Boeing has come to this membership and asked this membership to... GARY QUICK We're out picketing now, GARY QUICK It's getting better every day. GARY QUICK I'd like to hand it off to him. JAY QUICK We jokingly fight with each other. We're very competitive in a lot of stuff that we do. It doesn't b... JAY QUICK Since it wasn't working out in basketball, I wanted to make every effort to make it in track and be ... JAY QUICK He was responsible for so many things -- street paving, street cleaning. HOWARD QUICK I thought Franklin was the best. He was too smart to be president. He made the spit balls for other ... HOWARD QUICK I've grown to love the man for what he stood for. His principles were beyond reproach. HOWARD QUICK A lady can always find the appropriate words for any occasion - Aunt Horatia AMANDA QUICK It was a great accomplishment for everyone. This is a starting point for next year. The seniors star... JOEL QUICK On the last possession, we all looked at ourselves and said if we play the best defense we have play... JOEL QUICK I did a little prayer while I was up there. I was just focused on the form and knew it was going to ... JOEL QUICK We knew the whole time we could play with them. We wanted to pound it inside, kick it back, and keep... JOEL QUICK Once you get to state, anybody can beat anybody. It's just a time when you get teams going beyond 10... 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A Rechabite poor Will must live,
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