Diana Wynne Jones Quotes

Fantasy for me as a kid was real, and I had a fantasy about what life was, whether it was sort of wicked and dire, or wholly normal, or whatever. Anything really close to home is not, it seems to me, what a good book should be about.

Diana Wynne Jones

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 16, 1934 - March 26, 2011

Topics

LifeGoodHomeMeBookKid

Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer.

Jennifer Hudson

SchoolFamousGrammarAlwaysSinger

I like to portray things as close to the bone as possible.

Aneurin Barnard

PossibleBoneThingsCloseLike

In NASCAR, you don't have to be as physically strong as in some other forms of racing. You've just got to be able to endure the heat and endurance of it.

Jeff Gordon

StrongRacingYouEnduranceHeat

I paint paintings of people.

Amy Sherald

PeoplePaintPaintings

As you know, in this country Anglo-Americans are about 75 to 76 percent home ownership in this country, where Hispanics, African Americans are less than 50 percent.

Alphonso Jackson

HomeOwnershipYouCountryKnow

But whatever my failure, I have this thing to remember - that I was a pioneer in my profession, just as my grandfathers were in theirs, in that I was the first man in this section to earn his living as a writer.

Robert E. Howard

FailureManRememberLivingFirst

My mother was a Mohawk, born and raised on a reservation, and when I was a kid, she would take me there to visit her relatives.

Robbie Robertson

MotherMeBornSheKidRelatives

It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will make a difference, when the government sees the film and does nothing about it?

Mathieu Kassovitz

GoodHopeGovernmentNothingWill

This is what I believe about performing: There is no reason to be on stage - there is no reason to be there - if you're not going to put all your baggage somewhere else and just be honest. Whatever you're doing - screw it up, do great - just be there, and be honest. That's the most important thing.

Michael Moschen

GreatBelieveDoingYouImportant

What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?

Mona Eltahawy

MarriageRespectLaughSkinSatire

You have a career, and you start as a business person. And you work your way, you reach this peak, and you know the time's going to come when you go back down.

Miranda Lambert

WorkBusinessTimeStartReachYou

When I governed, the overwhelming mindset of the media was to dismiss out of hand any suggestion that anything happening to me was in any way related to gender.

Julia Gillard

MeMindsetGenderMediaHandWay

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