Amelie Nothomb Quotes

I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become.

Amelie Nothomb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: July 9, 1966

Topics

GreatChildFeelKnowBecomeNever

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.

Jim Fowler

LifeQualityWildernessImportant

My grandfather had a proper bookcase of egghead books, and he gave them to me in alphabetical order. So we moved from Aeschylus to the Brontas, and I can still remember the great relief of going from the dipus cycle to Jane Eyre.

Jill Paton Walsh

GreatMeRememberI CanGrandfather

The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power.

Matt Drudge

PowerGovernmentMediaRawPasses

I was always interested in acting and writing, and I honestly thought I'd make my name as a scriptwriter one day. But somehow, I ended up in London in the early '70s, and that's where I had my David Bowie adventure.

Angela Bowie

DayAdventureWritingThoughtName

Of all the things that the digital revolution has produced, once of the coolest, simplest ones is you can now contact people who write books that you read. You used to have to write a letter to the publisher and hope they passed it along, which they never did.

Stephen J. Dubner

HopePeopleRevolutionYouNever

And I had this big, long list of what I wanted in a guy but I realized I didn't stack up to the list myself.

Star Jones

MyselfLongUpBigGuyWanted

What I've been telling everyone that loves Carolina football is that we are going to put a team out there that, number one, is in good shape. We're going to be fit, we are going to be able to play the whole game and we're not going to poop out.

Steve Spurrier

GoodFootballTeamGamePlayOut

I had prostate cancer. It was rather painful and, in many ways, life-changing.

Roger Moore

CancerPainfulRatherLife-Changing

I certainly want to get back to the U.S. to play. It's such a big country. I've always liked playing there, and enjoyed living there. I lived in New York, LA, and Florida.

Mick Taylor

New YorkBackCountryPlayLiving

There's a greater power and charisma when a woman is aware of her sexual prowess when it's not necessarily about victimization or someone else's pleasure but her own feeling about her own body and understanding and loving herself.

Mickalene Thomas

PowerWomanUnderstandingSomeone

Being 16 is such a great age because I'm still really young, and I'll still have a lot of chances. But the Olympics only come every four years, so you don't want to waste an opportunity.

Mirai Nagasu

AgeOpportunityGreatYouYoung

When I'm sitting in the studio, a mix isn't done till I feel it in my gut.

Dr. Dre

FeelDoneSittingGutI FeelMix

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