Success to me was getting out of that contract in one piece.
Brenda Holloway
Recitation: by Male by Female
I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in extreme privacy. As an intelligence officer in the guise of a junior diplomat at the British Embassy in Bonn, I was a secret to my colleagues, and much of the time to myself.
John le Carre
AgeTimeMyselfStressIntelligence
Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write.
Michael Cunningham
BookAdmitWillWriteSecretHonest
In science, as in business, there must be structures that ensure the well endowed do not use their position to block competition.
John Sulston
BusinessScienceCompetitionPosition
I'm really interested in fashion but at the same time I find it quite competitive. Second-hand stuff leaves you more open to whatever your own personal style is rather than feeling dictated to by shops.
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
TimeStyleFashionYouFeelingFind
Given the current state of publishing, I think it helps to have a brand name on the cover of your book. Comedians are proven commodities with built-in audiences. They may not have the writing chops of a Dave Eggers, but they're salacious and funny and self-reflective.
Michael Showalter
FunnyWritingBookThinkBrandName
That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.
Minna Antrim
FriendTruthWomanLovingNeverOwn
My motto in life is 'If you think it, you can do it' and if we all apply that thought we can end hunger the world over.
Dionne Warwick
LifeMottoYou Can Do ItWorldThink
Why can't we actually sing and get respected as good singers and songwriters without having our boobs and butt hanging out?
Dolores O'Riordan
GoodWhyButtWithoutOutHanging
My mother felt it was time that I had some parental control, so I went off to America and went to New York.
Diane Cilento
MotherTimeNew YorkControlAmerica
Not everyone has to have children. If everyone had two or three, we'd run out of room.
Clare Balding
ChildrenThreeRunTwoOutRoom
Yeah, I always listen to both classic and newer folk-influenced music. Singer-songwriter, alternative music. I also listen to more experimental dance music.
Brad Delson
MusicDanceListenMoreClassic
Goal scoring is what I do, and it's the thing that makes me most happy, so I'm really happy inside. But I'm just not the sort of guy who shows that sort of emotion on the outside too much.
Anthony Martial
HappyMeGoalToo MuchEmotionGuy
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