Kevin Crossley-Holland Quotes

Think of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' It is equally intoxicating for children and adults. All this 'crossover' talk is something publishers are using as a selling device - a kind of post hoc rationalisation of what was happening already.

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 7, 1941

Topics

ChildrenThinkSellingKindTalk

Oftentimes, I feel like the clock is on, and there's money at stake, and you gotta get up there and dance for grandma, and it better be great, and you better get it right.

Jessie Mueller

GreatMoneyDanceBetterFeelYou

People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly.

Jesse Eisenberg

BikePeopleMeSayMoreHobbies

Once you start writing a character visually, you're in trouble.

Melissa McCarthy

CharacterWritingStartYouTrouble

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

John Legend

PowerPeopleHelpHandUnfairTry

If there is a problem with democracy, the answer has to be more democracy.

Anibal Acevedo Vila

DemocracyProblemMoreAnswer

I know something about how to build constituencies in an independent way.

Michael Bloomberg

KnowBuildIndependentWaySomething

Tape reading is a lost art that today is not very useful.

Steven A. Cohen

TodayArtReadingLostUsefulVery

I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

Steven Wright

GodThinkDownCivilizationOver

Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer.

Tony Greig

CricketWorldThinkKnowWillOver

Juggling is sometimes called the art of controlling patterns, controlling patterns in time and space.

Ronald Graham

TimeArtSpaceSometimesPatterns

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That's the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

Mike Nichols

LoveJobKeyPlaceOpenSafe

'The X Factor' seems to be more about building up personalities and people in tears. And it's not a new idea. The pre-Beatles pop world was full of manufactured pop stars. The thing is that you can't imagine any of the artists you look back at and admire ever going on 'The X Factor.'

Jools Holland

StarsPeopleTearsWorldBuilding

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