Darren Shan Quotes

I think sometimes parents and teachers can push children away from reading by telling them it's something they must do, the same way they must eat their greens and must pass their exams in school. Poppycock! Read or don't read - that's your call.

Darren Shan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: July 2, 1972

Topics

ChildrenSchoolParentsReadingPush

When I was writing my first novel, 'Where the Line Bleeds,' which had young black men as its main characters, I was very invested in telling the story and also very worried about the effects the story would have.

Jesmyn Ward

MenWritingStoryBlackYoungFirst

I would not say that George Bush doesn't care about people at all. I think that his loyalties are to the upper class.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

PeopleThinkCareSayClassWould

We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.

Robin Williams

NightFurnitureGayBrokeOtherHad

I don't dive. I'm not a player who dives.

Romelu Lukaku

DiveWhoPlayer

To be honest, I can't wait to be a dad. I really hope that that's how the cookie crumbles for me.

Lucas Neff

HopeMeWaitCookieHonestHow

I draw inspiration from everywhere, whether it's country, R&B, gospel.

Jay DeMarcus

CountryInspirationGospelEverywhere

We are a compassionate country.

Chris Collins

CountryCompassionate

In our romantic groves I adored her like a divinity.

Anne Boyd

RomanticHerLikeOurDivinity

I'd do whatever it takes to stay in California; maybe not L.A. because it's so crazy.

Ricky Whittle

CrazyCaliforniaWhateverStayTakes

Yes; we have a specific procedure which we follow in all cases where the Agency is in contact, for the purposes of acquiring intelligence or whatever the case may be, with an individual.

Richard Helms

IntelligenceFollowContactWhatever

I couldn't choose a favourite author, but two contemporary writers who have never disappointed me are Tim Winton and Alice Munro.

Mariella Frostrup

MeChooseNeverTwoDisappointed

My family has always made Chicago our home, and I care deeply about the values our company has espoused for decades.

Linda Johnson Rice

FamilyHomeCareValuesChicagoOur

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