Sharon Bolton Quotes

Crime writers adore islands. We love the sense of being trapped within a community apart, where normal codes of behavior, if not ignored, can be allowed to slip.

Sharon Bolton

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LoveCommunityBehaviorTrapped

It seems everyone is converging on a simple set of facts: Our lives are digital, and we wish to share our lives. Pinterest came at it through images, artfully curated. Facebook came at it through friends, cunningly organized. Dropbox came to it via files, cleverly clouded.

John Battelle

SimpleFactsFriendsWishDigital

When I started working in fashion, I didn't have money to buy photographs, so I'd Xerox pictures from magazines and put them in notebooks. When I'd start a collection, I'd sit with my old notebooks and look through them for inspiration.

John Varvatos

MoneyFashionStartLookPictures

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway.

Shimon Peres

TimeMeArmyFirstRankSensitive

I don't think the face of the Democratic Party is Nancy Pelosi.

Tom Vilsack

FaceThinkPartyDemocraticNancy

The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them.

Marv Levy

AgeMeEnoughKnowYoungNothing

I have a problem with beginnings... and endings... and middles. But I don't know what else I would do. I find it very, very difficult to write. It takes everything; it's physically and mentally and emotionally exhausting for me. And my neighbours. And my dog.

Miriam Toews

DogMeProblemFindKnowDifficult

I remember watching Robert Powell many years ago. He did 'Jesus of Nazareth,' and I remember thinking that was probably my favorite. Once I got the role, I didn't want to watch anything, because it only influences what you do.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

ThinkingRememberYouWantWatching

You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.

Jason Patric

GoodPassionPeopleStand UpStory

My first course came and I put down my book, and I just happened to put up my hand to scratch my head and discovered that my toupee had been blown by the wind and was folded over backwards on the top of my head!

Derek Jacobi

WindBookDownHandTopBackwards

Sometimes you have compulsions that you can't control coming from the subconscious... they are the dictator inside ourselves.

Denis Villeneuve

ControlYouSometimesInsideComing

I'm really into short-story collections and essays; they're my jam.

Phoebe Robinson

CollectionsJamEssaysReally

My advice has always been to study the craft of acting if you want to be an actor. There are many great schools that teach acting. NYU being one of them.

Peter Facinelli

GreatAdviceYouActingWantActor

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