Michelle Paver Quotes

The most remote place I've been to was in Greenland. I remember setting out for a solo hike from a small cabin, itself several hours' boat ride from the nearest settlement.

Michelle Paver

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 7, 1960

Topics

RideSmallBoatRememberPlaceOut

The best of pop in our country is among the best of the arts that we do. And Britain does the arts as well as, and sometimes better than, anybody else on the planet.

Melvyn Bragg

BestBetterCountrySometimesPlanet

With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.

Jeff Bridges

YouFindChoiceGoWayAlways

When I was younger ,I used to want to be, like, a back-up dancer, and my mom was like, 'Well, you know, you can do that, but you might want to choose another career.'

Sufe Bradshaw

MomYouChooseCareerKnowWant

You don't leave people who can't defend themselves.

Tori Amos

PeopleYouDefendLeaveWho

Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is.

Trent Reznor

SituationProductUpJumpingSell

It is my really sincere desire that we get an opportunity to play long enough for people to really grab on and become fans, because I think it's a great project.

Ron Glass

OpportunityGreatPeopleThinkPlay

As far as intellectual training was concerned, my nine years from seven to sixteen were practically wasted.

Mary Augusta Ward

TrainingIntellectualYearsWasted

In writing 'A Portrait of Athens' I have attempted - rather impressionistically - to give a panorama of its present. But I have also brought in its past because I sincerely think that there is a continuity.

Louis MacNeice

PastWritingThinkPresentPortrait

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.

Judi Dench

BestJobYourselfThinkYouTake

If you ask the right questions, you learn a lot about people.

Chirlane McCray

PeopleLearnQuestionsYouRight

I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old could write that well. I was even punished because my teacher thought I'd lied about writing it! I had always loved to write, but it was then that I realized that I had a talent for it.

Brian Jacques

GoodTeacherBirdTalentWriting

I could have a roomful of awards and it wouldn't mean beans.

Bobby Darin

AwardsMeanBeansCouldRoomful

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Michelle Paver