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Jilly Cooper Quotes

I'd never have written the big books in London.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: February 21, 1937

Topics

London Never Big Books Written

My family kinda hit the skids. We were experiencing poverty at that point. We all got a job, where the whole family had to work as security guards and janitors. And I just got angry.

Work Family Job Angry Poverty Point

As a director, what I'm trying to do is to create interesting stories.

Interesting Trying Create Director

I've been reading poetry publicly for 20 years, and this is what you do - you express, you sometimes dig a bit to get a conversation started. That's the point of poetry. You're supposed to go, 'Hmmmm,' and 'Woooh!'

Poetry Reading You Conversation Go

I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out.

Think Kind Always Out System Beat

I was the founder of the 'Cartoon Bank' in the '90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their incomes.

Finding Bank Cartoon Founder Ways

It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes.

Maureen Forrester

Mistakes Blame Better Person Better

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers.

Michael Cunningham

Speak Authority Opening Must Readers

But the fact that we had to devalue by 40% at once means that Malawians are feeling the shock, the impact of that huge devaluation and particularly rural people, the poor are the ones that are going to be most affected. That is why there is the austerity plan.

People Impact Plan Feeling Why Poor

Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that. When you extend your arm, it doesn't stop at the end of your fingers, because you're dancing bigger than that. You're dancing spirit.

Think End You Body Stop Spirit

I was doing everything that a kid would be doing anyway, but on top of that, I was able to fly to different cities.

Fly Doing Top Kid Everything Able

When I get to 40, I'm going to re-evaluate everything and then go from there. Because when I get to 40, I would like to see where I'm at in my career because I might want to go, 'You know what, I'm done. I'm just happy with everything,' and I'm going to go off my merry way, and I'll probably never pick up a golf club ever again.

Happy Golf You Career Know Done

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

Chloe Grace Moretz

Best Trying Soccer Done Always

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