Penelope Lively Quotes

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.

Penelope Lively

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingStoryYouNewFlexibleWay

I probably shouldn't curse as much as I do.

Amy Sherald

CurseMuch

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.

Ambrose Bierce

PeopleBelieveCareLondonI Believe

I regularly go hiking with my dog in L.A.

Alyssa Sutherland

DogGoHikingRegularly

The U.S. currency has been the most attractive currency to be in for very, very long periods of time.

Steve Mnuchin

TimeLongAttractiveCurrencyBeen

Some people choose their style at the age of 14, but I changed mine all the time.

Louis Garrel

AgeTimeStylePeopleChooseMine

I escaped to New York, and then L.A., but when I dream of home, I still dream of my old house in Holmdel.

Lorene Scafaria

HomeNew YorkHouseDreamNewOld

As far as writing and directing, I'm very focused on the thriller genre.

Jordan Peele

WritingFocusedFarDirectingGenre

You see some people on stage today, and they have these huge ear monitors.

Colm Wilkinson

TodayPeopleYouSome PeopleSee

Obviously, if I could go back and change anything, I would be a perfect man. And I know there's no perfect man.

Allen Iverson

ChangeManPerfectBackGoKnow

I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play, and then go back and do another movie. It's a nice way to live your life.

Alfred Molina

LifeLoveLiveTheatreYouPerfect

I wasn't one of those girls who sang at church.

SZA

ChurchWhoThoseSang

There were certain things in 'Nemo' - just this low hum of ocean and watery sound - that was enough to imply water, as opposed to restating it over and over again.

Thomas Newman

WaterOceanEnoughSoundOverLow

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