Jonathan Miles Quotes

Novelists lie for a living - what is a novel, after all, but an assembly of fibs paradoxically meant to illustrate something true? - but generally see a distinction between lying on the page and lying off it.

Jonathan Miles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession:
  • Nationality:

Topics

LiePageLivingLyingTrueSee

Peace is a conscious choice.

John Denver

PeaceChoiceConscious

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

John Steinbeck

GratefulLionI AmPrideOutRoar

I'm the first one in line to go watch 'Spider-Man', but there's definitely something in me that makes me want to go to a movie and see something that makes me feel good about life.

America Ferrera

LifeGoodMeFeel GoodFeelWant

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

GreatTogetherCreativeStupidity

I always thought I was going to be a dancer and then fashion kind of took over.

Monique Lhuillier

FashionThoughtKindAlwaysOver

People ask me whether I'd like another child, and it is difficult to answer, as I am so happy with the two I have.

Louise Nurding

I AmHappyChildPeopleMeAsk

If you have not had direct firsthand experience of loving a category of person - a person of a different race, a profoundly religious person, things that are real stark differences between people - I think it is very hard to dare, or necessarily even want, to write fully from the inside of a person.

Jonathan Franzen

ExperiencePeopleThinkYouLoving

Kissing - and I mean like, yummy, smacking kissing - is the most delicious, most beautiful and passionate thing that two people can do, bar none. Better than sex, hands down.

Drew Barrymore

BeautifulPeopleBetterHandsSex

I've always been interested in a certain kind of sophistication in children's literature. I loved Roald Dahl; I loved the underlying nastiness of some of his - darkness of his tales.

David Small

ChildrenDarknessLovedLiterature

December used to be very difficult for me. For many years, I fought the transition to the new year, was generally exhausted at the end of the year, and just wanted to hide. I described myself as a 'cranky Jewish kid who felt left out by Christmas.'

Brad Feld

MyselfMeEndYearHideTransition

You need to have laser focus on doing your job.

Brock Osweiler

FocusJobDoingYouNeedLaser

Your fragile mind can't have forgotten the terrifying technothriller series known 'Scorpion'. Because it features the worst hacking scenes ever broadcast in any medium.

Annalee Newitz

MindWorstHackingFragileForgotten

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jonathan Miles