Meg Rosoff Quotes

In my experience, adults rarely bother reading the reviews of children's books and almost never read the books themselves - particularly if they don't have children.

Meg Rosoff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 16, 1956

Topics

ChildrenExperienceReadingNever

I always wanted to do a family show.

Jill Soloway

FamilyAlwaysShowWanted

I'm really inspired by stories I didn't know about.

Jessica Chastain

KnowInspiredStoriesAboutReally

But, yes, now I wouldn't do some of those soundtracks the way I did them.

Maurice Jarre

NowWayYesSomeDidThose

What happened after publication of our paper was that, for the next 40 years, people said, all right, we now know the answer to the capital structure question under ideal conditions.

Merton Miller

PeopleKnowSaidNowQuestionRight

'Competent counsel' ought to require more than a human being with a law license and a pulse.

Tom Price

LawMoreHumanHuman BeingBeing

I believe in teaching as a real job. I don't think it's a substitute for anything else. It's been shown to me that teachers can help, and the writing today is just as good as it was when I started out. Technology hasn't changed that.

Ron Carlson

GoodTechnologyTodayJobMeThink

I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

Roland Joffe

ManSometimesStreetTryCountsHe

I worked at a Sport Chek in Vancouver, only so I could get the discount off snowboard gear. But I hated the job so much, I quit before I got my discount.

Missy Peregrym

JobQuitGotGetVancouverOff

And it's not that going out for a hack is wrong or bad, I certainly don't view it as that; it's just that there's something about the dressage, being put through your paces, that makes you better.

Julia Ormond

BetterViewYouBadWrongOut

As soon as you go into any biological process in any real detail, you discover it's open-ended in terms of what needs to be found out about it.

Joshua Lederberg

DetailProcessYouGoRealOut

I cycle, I take an hour's strenuous walk in the evening, I play tennis twice a week with a trainer, and I sail. I used to ride horses professionally - I'd ride seven or eight horses a day, so I had to be fit for that.

Jonathan Dimbleby

WalkDayRideSailEveningWeek

The secret to a long marriage is to stay gone.

Dolly Parton

MarriageLongSecretGoneStay

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