Philippa Gregory Quotes

I like writing historical fiction.

Philippa Gregory

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 9, 1954

Topics

WritingFictionHistoricalLike

My grandmother was my inspiration. She was the person who took me to the theater and encouraged me to act, and she's the one who always believed in me.

Jessica Chastain

MePersonGrandmotherSheAlways

Al Qaeda's vision of global jihad doesn't resonate in the rugged highlands and windswept deserts of southern Afghanistan. Instead, the major concern throughout much of the country is intensely local: personal safety.

Anand Gopal

VisionSafetyCountryPersonalMuch

As a parent, I know how difficult it can be to encourage your kids to eat well.

Steve Easterbrook

ParentKnowDifficultEatWellKids

My sister and I both benefited hugely from the great security that our parents had given us, and then we went off and squandered it all rushing around in showbiz.

Tom Hollander

GreatParentsSisterSecurityUs

Our thoughts do not actually exist; they are only pictures. A great error was made at the end of the last human developmental period when existence was equated with thinking. 'Cogito ergo sum' is the greatest error ever placed at the head of the modern world view.

Rudolf Steiner

GreatThoughtsWorldThinkingEnd

There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too.

Michael W. Smith

GoodOpinionBadWorshipSongsToo

A little part of my life is built around ancient art.

Michael Steinhardt

LifeArtMy LifeLittleAncient

For myself, personally, I am never really aware of timing or anything because I am passionate about what I do, so I have found that if you really love what you do, then time flies.

Colm Wilkinson

LoveTimeMyselfI AmTime Flies

I've never been much to believe that my Creator will judge me or anyone at their final days. I don't really know if I believe in going to Heaven or Hell.

Coy Bowles

MeBelieveHellJudgeHeavenKnow

Mr. Trump fights back. He doesn't fight back with one retort. He continuously reminds people.

Corey Lewandowski

FightPeopleBackHeTrumpFights

Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

Ryan Reynolds

GreatSomeoneIntelligentDirector

I've often said the reader knows every bit as much about Thorne as I do. When I created him for 'Sleepyhead,' I was determined he should be a character who would develop, book by book, change and grow as we all do, and who - crucially - would be unpredictable.

Mark Billingham

ChangeCharacterBookGrowSaidHim

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