"A children's writer should, ideally, be a dedicated semi-lunatic, a kind of poet with a marvelous idea, who, preferably, when not committing the marvellous idea to paper, does something else of a quite different kind, so as to acquire new and rich experience."

-- Joan Aiken

#Children Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Girls in my school were always prettier.”
“What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.”
“It's an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has created an exquisite script. His attention to detail is impeccable.”

Source : "Production starts on 'Orient Express'" by Mayer Nissim, www.digitalspy.com. November 17, 2009.
“[If] you don't have any soul and you don't have any talent, jazz is what you should do. ... any fool can do it; all you gotta do is practice.”

Source : JamBase Interview, www.jambase.com. February 13, 2007.
“I made songs really for myself - I didn't ever expect to put it out there and make this a record for mass consumption, this was really just a way for me to get out of my own situation and reclaim that part of myself - so when making the songs, I wanted a testament to what I'd gone through, I wanted a snapshot of those moments.”
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

Source : Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)
“I must say I've rarely been described as 'diplomat.”
“I look at Lil Wayne as being from my generation.”

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