Lauren Willig Quotes

I've had mainstream readers complain that the book is really a romance, and romance readers complain that the book isn't a romance - with the same book! It really depends on the individual reader's expectations going into the story, and that's very hard to predict person to person.

Lauren Willig

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 28, 1977

Topics

BookExpectationsStoryPersonHard

So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.

Joan Collins

BestUglyDownUselessAlwaysMost

Instead of going to spring training, I went to basic training.

Jesse White

TrainingSpringGoingBasicInstead

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

Mel Brooks

MeStoryThinkArmySomewhereFilm

For example, I spent a lot of time with Reagan, both before he ran for governor and when he was running for president. As a print reporter without the cameras, I was able to really test the quality of their minds and their knowledge base.

Robert Scheer

KnowledgeTimeQualityTestMinds

The inspiring thing is that people are often more experimental with their desserts than other courses. It allows me to be more creative and excite people.

Johnny Iuzzini

CreativePeopleMeMoreThanExcite

I'm very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do, and if that turns you into a perfectionist, then maybe I am.

Anna Wintour

BestI AmPeopleYouCompetitive

I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.

William H. Macy

LifeDogPetPastWalkingDown

Right after the assassination of Osama bin Laden, amid all the cheers and applause, there were a few critical comments questioning the legality of the act.

Noam Chomsky

RightQuestioningCheersActFew

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

Julie Walters

YourselfPeopleStartYouUnderstand

In court, judges tell people that their conviction carries a sentence of years, or probation. The truth is far more terrible. People convicted of crimes often become social outcasts for life, finding it difficult or impossible to rent an apartment, get a job, adopt children, access public benefits, serve on juries, or vote.

James Forman, Jr.

LifeTruthChildrenJobPeopleVote

People spend money on sports, and I just don't do golf, I hate it. But I love sailing and the technology aspect.

James H. Clark

LoveTechnologySportsMoneyHate

The real use of imaginative reading is precisely to suspend one's mind in the workings of another sensibility.

Guy Davenport

MindReadingRealUseSensibility

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