Claire Tomalin Quotes

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed towards what I'm trying to write.

Claire Tomalin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 20, 1933

Topics

GoodMyselfWifeI AmWritingWrite

I spend more time being what I am: a writer, not the visiting celebrity.

Jerry Spinelli

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We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.

Joe Elliott

DriveNameYouDreamAirportTrue

Christianity has aimed to deliver us from a life determined by nature, from the appetites as actuating us, and so has meant that man should not let himself be determined by appetites.

Max Stirner

LifeNatureManDeterminedUsMeant

No, I've never thought that I was gay. And that's not something you think. It's something you know.

Robert Plant

ThinkThoughtYouGayKnowNever

Long weekends at festivals, short weeks at home, all summer long: now that is surely preferable to the immense cost and headache of the nuclear family holiday in the sun?

Tom Hodgkinson

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Before 'Lost Boy,' I was singing, doing six-second covers on Vine, working part-time and in school, but music was always my true love.

Ruth B

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Directly after Rock Hudson's death came the fears that gay writers and actors and directors would be denied jobs; who knew if they would live long enough to finish a feature film or television series? And would the unions force directors to give blood tests and ban actors who tested positive?

Michael Shnayerson

PositiveLiveDeathEnoughLongGay

I used to love getting on planes. I loved the packing and going places. Now I don't because I've developed these really bad sinuses. I have to take a prednisone to fly, but it works, and I'm OK.

Judy Blume

LoveFlyLovedBadNowPlaces

Furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me. But a change of food whets the appetite.

Jonathan Brandis

ChangeFutureFoodMeWillSee

Think about it - pro wrestling as an Olympic sport would be pretty cool. Look at figure skating or gymnastics - what is it? It's a choreographed performance that is judged.

Chris Jericho

CoolPerformanceThinkLookSkating

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

Chris Martin

SongPerfectGoalWillTryNever

We make sure we have total artistic control with our albums. We were working with Interscope Records, and they had a hard time with us having all the control. So when we signed with Warner Bros., we told them we would be working hands-on with our producer, and they were cool with it.

Synyster Gates

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