-
“I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.”
-
“Publishers seem to be in an alcoholic haze most of the time. Well, the publishers have no idea what a writer is.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
-
“Black men and women who refuse to live under oppression are dangerous to white society because they become symbols of hope to their brothers and sisters, inspiring them to follow their example.”
Source : Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.158, Penguin
-
“Who are you? You don't belong to the police?' 'I am better than the police,' said Poirot. He said it without conscious arrogance. It was, to him, a simple statement of fact.”
-
“Because to me it is inconceivable that a subordinate leader should not carry out orders given by the leaders of the State.”
Source : Confessing to the execution of 90,000 Jews at the Nuremberg Trials; Quoted in "Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny" by Edward Crankshaw, p.141, 1956.
-
“The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming proportions of a blizzard.”
-
“The painting is usually finished before you are.”
-
“I think humor is key [to a successful middle-grade novel]. Kids like to read for entertainment, and the best way to entertain kids is to make them laugh.”
