Sue Townsend Quotes

We had library books in our house, but not our own. So you had 14 days to read them. There would be eight books a fortnight in our house and I'd read as many of those as I could.

Sue Townsend

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 2, 1946 - April 10, 2014

Topics

LibraryYouHouseDaysOwnWould

If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business.

Joe Kaeser

BusinessSocietyYouImprove

'Falling Skies' is not just about aliens attacking. It's also about humanity, survival, hope and the determination to rebuild our world, starting from pretty much nothing.

Maxim Knight

DeterminationHopeWorldSurvival

I remember starting working on the concept and the script for 'Pacific Rim' with a very, very conscious decision to say, 'I don't want any of these big sequences to take place in America,' because I feel like that's become so regular to the disaster genre, and then it sort of devolves into landmark stomping.

Travis Beacham

DecisionFeelAmericaRememberPlace

I do feel there is a very rabid young base for 'Black Mirror' that will very much identify with the daughter character because of the invasiveness they feel with their parents trying to control their moves on social media.

Rosemarie DeWitt

DaughterCharacterMirrorParents

The answer is never violence. Rather, the answer, our answer, all our answer must be action. Calm, peaceful, collaborative and determined action.

Loretta Lynch

ActionCalmViolencePeacefulNever

I can tell you the actor who I admire the most. Billy Crudup. Do you know who he is? He's awesome.

Jonathan Tucker

YouI CanKnowAdmireActorAwesome

If I had seen a black woman play Juliet as a little girl, my idea of my place in the world would have been totally different.

Condola Rashad

GirlWomanWorldBlackPlacePlay

Men have always been gentlemen to me - responsible people with healthy attitudes.

Aretha Franklin

MenPeopleMeHealthyResponsible

I definitely don't think of myself as someone identified by region. It's too far-flung a region, for starters, and southern New Mexico is very isolated. I wouldn't think of my identity as generational, either, but maybe as more stylistic, in the school of realism and domestic issues.

Antonya Nelson

MyselfSchoolIdentityThinkSomeone

The slightest thing can ruin a scene, but you must be willing to take chances.

William Wyler

YouRuinTakeMustChancesWilling

Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.

Pierre Loti

MusicPaintingThingsOnlyWere

For money, I can buy one thing: I buy freedom.

Svetlana Alexievich

FreedomMoneyI CanBuyOne Thing

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