Anthony Browne Quotes

I use a little brush only for really small details. Over the years, I've started to use a much larger brush.

Anthony Browne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 11, 1946

Topics

SmallDetailsOverYearsLittle

In every interview I have ever read or seen or taken part in, the final question in our future-oriented society is always, What next?

Jessica Savitch

SocietyQuestionAlwaysInterview

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

Joel Kinnaman

MomSpeakEnglishQuiteSwedishDad

I studied poetry in college and for a year in an MFA program. As time went on, my poems got more and more complicated. What I was really trying to do was tell stories.

Jennifer McMahon

TimePoetryCollegeTryingYearGot

For my eyes, I wear a very thin line of black eyeliner just to lengthen the eye, and I almost never wear mascara; I like natural lashes.

Jeanne Damas

EyesEyeBlackNeverLashesLine

I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.

Michael Bergin

MyselfFeelingFindShyAwkward

I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.

Stephen R. George

DayWeekFirstTwoDaysWorking

No one wants to stoke coal if he can regulate an oil valve instead.

Stavros Niarchos

OilCoalHeWantsStokeRegulate

There was something about Hank Williams, Jr. that I really latched onto from an early age.

Shooter Jennings

AgeEarlySomethingAboutReally

There's something depressing about a young couple helplessly in love. Their state is so perfect, it must be doomed. They project such qualities on their lover that only disappointment can follow.

Roger Ebert

LoveDisappointmentPerfectYoung

Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war.

Robert Toombs

WarTexasNewCaliforniaMexico

Before I begin to write, I listen to music that inspires me. I listen to folk Punjabi music, sufi music.

Rupi Kaur

MusicMeListenWriteBeginBefore

My whole life has been one theme of self-sacrifice for my investors.

Martin Shkreli

LifeThemeWholeBeenSelf-Sacrifice

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