"I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits."

-- Sophie Kinsella

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“The people who are opposing the policy of apartheid have not the courage of their convictions. They do not marry non-Europeans.”

Source : "Dictionary of South African Quotations" by Jennifer Crwys-Williams, Penguin Books, (p. 251), 1994.
“I realized a lot of my friends were going to nightclubs and listening to house music. I was hanging out with them and going to clubs as well but I didn't really understand that kind of music. I was listening to country music and was heavily into Hank Williams, bluegrass, and Bob Dylan. So I just decided I really needed to understand what this music I was hearing in the clubs was all about.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Iâ€™m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live. This is what everyoneâ€™s work should be-whether you dance or paint or sing. It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply cannot or will not understand or accept. You stumble forward, confused, and you share. If youâ€™re lucky, you learn something.”
“It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinkingâ€”when thoughts dissolved before you could name them.”

Source : Paula Fox (2016). “The Village by the Sea”, p.35, Open Road Media
“Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know.”

Source : "Interview: architects Richard Rogers, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour". Interview with Charlotte Higgins, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2012.
“The one important factor that keeps me going is the kind of people I work with.”
“I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.”

Source : "Legends: James Franco" by Michelle Lhooq and Madeline Rudin, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2012.
“AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease.”

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