Sarah Waters Quotes

I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know a period and reading its books and watching its films. I see it as a real treat.

Sarah Waters

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: welsh
  • Birth: July 21, 1966

Topics

LoveTimeMyselfResearchTreat

When I was growing up, I was watching fairly standard American cinema.

Andrew Haigh

Growing UpAmericanCinemaGrowing

With regards to the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, I believe it lacks a balanced approach. It designates 79,000 acres as new wilderness while only opening up 6,000 acres for recreation.

Matt Rosendale

BelieveWildernessNewI BelieveUp

All my stories were usually titled, 'White House Says,' 'President Bush Wants,' and I relied on transcripts from the briefings. I relied on press releases that were sent to the press for the purpose of accurately portraying what the White House believed or wanted.

Jeff Gannon

PurposeHouseWhitePresidentPress

I can't remember in 1980 who I voted for. I wish I could tell you.

Jeff Greene

WishRememberYouI WishTellWho

Most people here agree that the rhetoric got overblown on both sides of the Atlantic before the Iraq war, and it was a disagreement among friends over the timing, not the substance, of the Iraq war.

John S. Tanner

WarPeopleFriendsTimingRhetoric

Unlike sport, music is not about winning or keeping fit or promoting your town or school; it's about celebrating, to a level approaching ecstasy, the deepest human longings.

Stephen Hough

MusicSchoolWinningHumanDeepest

I don't know how you prepare for something like that. I cannot imagine living in a fishbowl like that. I don't live here so I don't know it will be that bad anyway because I live in Paris and we don't have that sort of phenomenon there. So I don't know, we'll see what happens.

Diane Kruger

LiveYouBadParisKnowLiving

I have my own dance and production companies, and acting is my creative outlet. It's what I'm passionate about. I've actually created a lifestyle where I could act for free. I could get a job to pay the bills and act on the weekends to make me smile.

Brian J. White

SmileDanceJobCreativeMeFree

Who someone loves should never be an issue at work or anyplace else.

Anthony Foxx

WorkSomeoneNeverWhoShouldIssue

Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.

Anne Lamott

LifeEndMoreNo SenseOutUp

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors.

Pearl Cleage

LoveDayProcessRehearsalHours

If you'll think about various series you've read, can you think of any instance in which, say, the tenth volume of the series is notably better than the first nine? I can't.

Thomas Perry

ThinkBetterYouSayFirstNine

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