Lisa Jewell Quotes

There's a weird contrast between my usual daily routine and then my book coming out. It's like someone's just suddenly opened the curtains in a dark room, and everyone's looking at you.

Lisa Jewell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 19, 1968

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I really like when different stories are represented, it's not just the same kind of person, and when there's humor in it, and there's relationships.

Jessica Williams

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I tried almost every genre. I decided at 14 I wanted to be a writer. I think I had to wait until they invented word processors to get serious about it, but I really tried every genre, and fantasy was the one that gave me the scope to do the most... you could play with worlds more.

Jennifer Fallon

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I know I'm incapable of orchestrating an entire film.

John Denver

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Whitey is uptight about offending blacks without really knowing what offends blacks.

Melvin Van Peebles

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Calculation never made a hero.

John Henry Newman

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I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.

Jean M. Auel

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I can't talk about the education of black children if I ignored two of my nieces who were a couple of grade levels behind. I believe that charity begins at home, and I take seriously the role of a godfather to fill the gap when the parents aren't doing their job.

Roland Martin

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I reject the notion that one should feel guilty about what you don't know.

Rumaan Alam

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It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.

Mary J. Blige

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I'm still waiting to hit it big. But there was the moment when I didn't have to work at the restaurant anymore, which is the milestone for every actor. When your job is just to be an actor and not to have to do anything else.

Lizzy Caplan

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I have wanted to direct for quite some time, but I wanted to be ready and know what I am doing. I wanted to know the basics.

Dhanush

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Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.

Ato Essandoh

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