William Golding Quotes

A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go back. The story in a book is humble and serviceable, available, friendly, is not switched on and off but taken up and put down, lasts a lifetime.

William Golding

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 19, 1911 - June 19, 1993

Topics

HumbleActionBookStoryChooseGo

I remember before I did 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for drama. Once I'd done 'Boston Public,' I couldn't get seen for a comedy.

Jessalyn Gilsig

ComedyRememberDramaDoneBoston

Hip hop has the urgency and rebelliousness that early rock n' roll and punk had: a level of rule-breaking and flirtation with danger. It allows you to break the rules.

John Legend

YouEarlyRulesUrgencyRockPunk

Your touch and your feel for the game is pretty much gone if you don't work on it - at least get some shots up or dribble the ball.

Stephen Curry

WorkGameFeelYouTouchGone

I think the person creates the artist. And I think when you get lost within your person, your artistry get lost, too. It's like in 'Birdman.' Because the artist inside you is attached to your soul. And when you're not attached to yourself anymore, the soul goes away. You can't let that happen.

Monica Bellucci

SoulYourselfThinkYouArtistLost

'Warm Bodies' was a more long-term thing; I had to write the script, who knew if it was every really going to happen, if I'd find the right actors, and so on, so I grabbed '50/50' because I just fell in love with it.

Jonathan Levine

LoveWarmFindMoreWriteRight

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

Desmond Dekker

LifeMeSomeoneTalkingEveryday

I loved Lil Wayne growing up; he was like the king when I was growing up. I remember 'Fireman.' That was one of my favorite songs.

Chris Harris, Jr.

KingGrowing UpLovedRememberUp

I know so few people who actually give music their undivided attention, so I've been trying to just park myself on the couch between the speakers and listen.

Cliff Martinez

MusicMyselfPeopleTryingAttention

Sometimes I feel like women of the world who are single moms and are working in Walmart are the strongest women out there, and that's what's really exciting to me is being all these different types of women.

Cobie Smulders

WomenMeWorldFeelSometimesOut

I never buy plane tickets out of a country until I'm in the country, so I get on the ground, figure out what I need, where I'm going, how much time I need, and schedule as I go along.

Brandon Stanton

TimeCountryGoScheduleNeverNeed

If you have pendulum clocks on the wall and start them all at different times, after a while the pendulums will all swing in synchronicity. The same thing happens with heart cells in a Petri dish: They start beating in rhythm even when they're not touching one another.

Bruce Lipton

HeartStartYouWallSwingWill

I wanted to play football or be a boxer, but my dad didn't want that because of all the impact. But in 1992 I was watching short track, and it was obscure, but they looked like superheroes in their tight outfits, and I thought it was amazing. I wanted to do that. I made the national team at 14.

Apolo Ohno

FootballAmazingTeamThoughtImpact

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