Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions. Use this quote
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. Use this quote
Everyone thinks they're going to write one book of poems or one novel. Use this quote
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. Use this quote
When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad. Use this quote
I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport. Use this quote
I've always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden's animations. Use this quote
You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never. Use this quote
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous. Use this quote
In mainstream romantic comedies, I'm usually tearing my hair out. It's just a devastatingly difficult genre for me. Use this quote
A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit. Use this quote
If you think you have it tough, read history books. Use this quote
I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness. Use this quote
However, poetry does not live solely in books or in school anthologies. 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
I like to walk around my apartment naked. I like sitting around in the nude watching sports, actually. Use this quote
It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable. Use this quote
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Use this quote
Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly. Use this quote
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can ever warm me, I know that is poetry. Use this quote