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Emma Tennant Quotes

When my father died in Greece, leaving my mother strapped, a cheque arrived next day from my Greek publishers who'd just bought two of my books for pounds 500.

Emma Tennant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: October 20, 1937 - January 21, 2017

Topics

Father Mother Day Leaving Two Next

I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct.

Jim Parsons

Character Myself Risks Safety Create

A man was defined, in my father's circles, by what he could bear, the pain he could shrug off, the warmth or comfort he could deny himself.

John Burnside

Father Man Pain Comfort Bear Warmth

I had a brother who was bullying me to write something because we wanted to make our own movies. So it was out of necessity in the beginning. Over time, I began to see that I could create the roles I wanted to play rather than just waiting around.

Joel Edgerton

Time Beginning Bullying Brother Me

If AOL had ever ordered me to remove a piece of content from the site for any reason, I would have immediately written about it and disclosed the situation to our readers. And if I had ever ordered a writer to remove content, I would have expected that writer to have done the same to me.

Michael Arrington

Me Situation Done Reason Content

Most Americans take their freedom very seriously, but they don't realize that not everyone is free. The repressed are not free to do what they want. That's what 'Star-Crossed' was all about for me.

Johnathon Schaech

Freedom Me Free Want Seriously Take

Going to India to do a film is not an everyday affair. I thought I would do that one movie to show my grandchildren when I am 60.

Amy Jackson

I Am Thought Grandchildren India

I have been in a unique position to hear from players and staff members about the issues they and their families have had to encounter.

Stan Van Gundy

Unique Position Been Encounter Hear

Mozart's seeming frothiness is just a light touch with very profound material. That's what I've found working on 'The Magic Flute.'

Simon McBurney

Light Magic Touch Profound Working

I've been a member of the Labour Party sixty five years, and I remain in it, but I think it's all about campaigning for justice and peace, and if you do that, you get a lot of support.

Tony Benn

Justice Peace Support Think You Get

I've always been physical. I loved sports growing up. I was never specifically a dancer or anything like that.

Rob McClure

Sports Growing Up Loved Growing Up

Everybody who's anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly. Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase.

Robbie Williams

Me Jealous Silly Look Competitive

Think about it this way - if you have five senses, and they're all feeding into one place, kind of like a bottleneck, then now your mind has to make decisions of what is important and what is going to be above the radar and what's going to be below the radar.

Apollo Robbins

Mind Think Decisions You Place Kind