Penelope Lively Quotes

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself.

Penelope Lively

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 17, 1933

Topics

MyselfMeWritingReadingNewKnow

Growing up, I didn't get the talk of 'Make sure boys take you on a date and treat you right.' So I was the girl who wasn't dating and would just text. I dated these guys who didn't have jobs, and I would always be paying. At one point, I remember looking in the mirror and thinking, 'You're too pretty and cool to be treated like this.'

Meghan Trainor

GirlMirrorDatingCoolGrowing Up

It's not some great work of beauty and love to be a rock-and-roll singer.

Robert Plant

WorkLoveBeautyGreatSingerSome

So when I look in the mirror I'm driven by both vanity and fear.

Andy Whitfield

FearMirrorLookVanityDrivenBoth

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.

Jean Giraudoux

LifeNatureFlowerPoetryExample

I work at night, starting at around 10 o'clock and working until 2 or 3 in the morning. I do that usually five days a week. In Berkeley, I have an office behind our house that I share with my wife, who works more in the daytime.

Michael Chabon

WorkMorningWifeNightWeekHouse

It's hard for me to show work while I'm writing, because other people's comments will influence what happens.

Donna Tartt

WorkPeopleMeWritingInfluence

Everything that I learned in the Navy, I took it with me into the next phase of my life.

Chris Gardner

LifeMeMy LifeNavyEverything

I was on my own, living in Los Angeles, and I didn't know my way around, so I thought I'd walk everywhere. Well, that certainly got me noticed. Any woman who walks any distance at all is automatically regarded as a hooker!

Ashley Jensen

WalkWomanMeThoughtKnowLiving

Berry Gordy discovered more superstars than anyone I know. I grew up in that environment, and I know you can develop talent and market it.

Suzanne de Passe

TalentEnvironmentYouKnowMoreUp

You watch a hockey game, and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous; how those guys track the puck alone, just following it with their eyes.

Liev Schreiber

AloneEyesGameHockeySpeedYou

We only do harm to ourselves when we harbor resentment and vitriol toward another. I do believe that everything is forgivable; some things are inexcusable but forgivable.

Linda Thompson

BelieveEverythingResentmentThings

Because the Advanced Placement Examination test is the required end-of-course examination, it cannot reasonably be viewed as a service or program for which a fee may be levied.

Ken Cuccinelli

ServiceTestMayBecauseCannot

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