When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny. Use this quote
My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself. Use this quote
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. Use this quote
I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time. Use this quote
We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on. Use this quote
If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in that it is filled with blank pages, dark pages, it has stars made of words, the famous magical cube made of numbers, and there is even a page which is a mirror. Use this quote
I take pride in being one of the most successful producers in hip-hop history, having the most successful record in hip-hop history, I have the most number ones. Use this quote
Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood? Use this quote
My mom has always said that if I get a big head, she'll take me out of this business as quickly as I got into it. Use this quote
To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe. Use this quote
Heaven knows, I've exposed myself in my novels through the use of fantasy and imagination... now my new book is about what really happened to me... not my heroines. Use this quote
All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once! Use this quote
Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society. Use this quote
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. Use this quote
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. Use this quote
In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc. Use this quote
My face has changed with the years and has enough history in it to give audiences something to work with. Use this quote
I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport. Use this quote
At that time, I had recently finished a book called Amazing Grace, which many people tell me is a very painful book to read. Well, if it was painful to read, it was also painful to write. I had pains in my chest for two years while I was writing that book. Use this quote
Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose. Use this quote