Diane Setterfield Quotes

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my ambition and settled down to a life of reading.

Diane Setterfield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: August 22, 1964

Topics

LifeAmbitionReadingYouDownUp

When I read 'Another Country' when I was in my early 20s, you know, as soon as I put the book down, my first thought was, 'I will never be able to write a book like this.' And my second thought was, 'I really want to try writing a book like this for the 21st century.'

Jess Row

WritingBookThoughtYouEarlyDown

Michelle Obama. She is big on encouraging kids to eat healthy - which is great.

Jennette McCurdy

GreatHealthySheEatBigKids

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

John F. Kennedy

TimeToolCouchMustUse

I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.

Andre Previn

MusicExperiencePerformanceBetter

Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.

Matt Taibbi

AdvertisingMediaYouNewsUpBuy

It's really rare as a teenager to be offered a role that actually resembles what it's like to be a teenager, because there are so many stereotypes that might be attractive to watch, but make you think: 'Who is that? Who has that life at 16?'

Mia Wasikowska

LifeThinkYouStereotypesRare

Understanding place is critical to achieving corporate growth.

John Quelch

GrowthUnderstandingPlaceAchieving

I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.

Tom Perrotta

HonestyEyesTogetherWritingWorld

In the late 1980s, the United States and Israel believed that they had good intelligence on Iraq, but they missed the extent of Saddam Hussein's pursuit of unconventional weapons - until after he invaded Kuwait.

Ronen Bergman

GoodIntelligenceLateMissedIsrael

Humanity is smart. Sometime in the technology world we think we are smarter, but we are not smarter than you.

Mitchell Baker

TechnologySmartWorldThinkYou

But you don't hire Ang Lee to do a typical children's movie. But it's such an interesting combination, whoever thought of getting Ang together with a comic book, that was just great.

Dennis Muren

ChildrenGreatTogetherBookThought

I like to set aggressive targets; without them, you will get ordinary performances.

Piyush Goyal

YouWillAggressiveWithoutGetSet

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