Elise Broach Quotes

The funny thing is, though I write mysteries, it is the one genre in adult fiction I never read. I read Nancy Drew, of course, when I was a kid, but I think the real appeal is as a writer because I'm drawn to puzzly, complicated plots.

Elise Broach

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 20, 1963

Topics

FunnyThinkComplicatedNeverKid

Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English history and rural life.

Meg Rosoff

LifePassionHistoryDetailsMore

I've battled my weight since I was 12. My parents took to us to New York once, for a holiday, and there I'd buy fruit loops from a 24x7 shop and sit down with my books. I never played; I wasn't that kind of kid - I just read. I ate chocolates like peanuts. I was 86kg till I was 19.

Sonam Kapoor

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Mine is, after all, the generation that had come to maturity drinking in the forebodings of the Silones, Koestlers, and Richard Wrights. It had left us ill-prepared for decisions that had to be made in our own time about Algeria, Birmingham, or the Bay of Pigs.

Lorraine Hansberry

TimeMaturityGenerationDecisions

I knew I wanted to act since I was 10, but I didn't actually start acting until I was in high school. My favorite play was 'Lilies of the Field.'

Dennis Haysbert

SchoolStartHigh SchoolActingPlay

I went to school in Long Beach, and all the seniors I used to kick it with called me Pac.

Demetrius Shipp, Jr.

BeachSchoolMeLongSeniorsUsed

Three hours of creating is taxing on any brain, and you should stop there. Some days, you may stop without any words at all. It's much easier to write new stuff the next day than to go through painful deletions of a day's worth of crap you already wrote.

Douglas Brunt

DayWordsBrainWorthYouStop

I write science fiction for people who don't read a great deal of science fiction.

Bob Shaw

ScienceGreatPeopleScience Fiction

I was looking for some way to put my music to some service on a nightly basis. You go into a town, you play a little music, you leave something behind. That idea connected us to the local community. It was a very simple idea, but it really resonated with me.

Bruce Springsteen

MusicCommunityServiceSimpleMe

I started acting professionally at age 19.

Bruce Boxleitner

AgeActingStartedProfessionally

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

William Hague

TimePeopleYouOverSeePrepared

I'm excited about the opportunities with mobile phones and being able to receive information on the go and relevant to what I'm doing at that moment in time.

Susan Wojcicki

TimeMomentOpportunitiesDoingGo

I'm a Pisces - I can't rest if you aren't resting well.

Tituss Burgess

RestYouRestingWell

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