Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Claire Tomalin Quotes

English - Author | June 20, 1933 -

You become more tolerant when you become older. You're not interested in rapping people over the knuckles; you're interested in understanding them.

People Understanding You Become More

I belong to the Richmond Concert Society, who put on very good concerts.

Good Society Concert Belong Concerts

Simon Russell Beale is an incomparable speaker of Shakespeare and a superb all-round actor.

Actor Superb Speaker Incomparable

'Words and Music' on Radio 3 is always a treat. Actors read passages of poetry and prose interspersed with music, and nobody tells you what it is. Later you can look it up online, but at the time you can't cheat.

Music Time Words Poetry Treat Look

'Philomena' was even better than I had expected. I was so pleased to see the evil Irish nuns thoroughly exposed, and I thought Judi Dench gave a flawless performance, as did everybody else.

Evil Performance Thought Better See

The thing I love about Rome is that is has so many layers. In it, you can follow anything that interests you: town planning, architecture, churches or culture. It's a city rich in antiquity and early Christian treasures, and just endlessly fascinating. There's nowhere else like it.

Love Culture Architecture City Rich

I always try to travel light.

Light Travel Try Always

Dickens was very practical and sensible.

Practical Sensible Very Dickens

When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can't fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming.

Love Live Man Reading Present You

It's an odd situation: I could not write about someone for whom I felt no affection or admiration.

Someone Situation Affection Write

I have been fascinated by Dickens worshippers who strenuously deny that he did anything wrong in relation to his wife, even though the record is clear that he did.

Wife Wrong Anything Clear Been Even

Today's children have very short attention spans because they are being reared on dreadful television programmes which are flickering away in the corner.

Today Children Short Attention Being

First Prev page 2 345 6 Next page Last

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Claire Tomalin quotes