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Mal Peet Quotes

When I'm working, I always read stuff that's as far away from what I'm working on as possible, so I'll read American crime fiction at bedtime, or Emily Dickinson.

Mal Peet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: english
Birth: October 5, 1947 - March 2, 2015

Topics

American Far Away Crime Possible Far

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Jerzy Kosinski

People Look Take Books Other Homes

You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.

Jennifer Ehle

Time Ride Wave You Know Right

At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!

John Hughes

Time Teen Sex Movies Hollywood Last

Neither the writer nor the reader can save the world by themselves. Or escape it entirely.

Amitava Kumar

World Escape Save The World Writer

A goal is a goal no matter which end it goes in. I'm pleased to get off the mark again.

Robbie Fowler

End Goal Matter Mark Get Off

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

Robert Bork

Science Religion Believe View Left

I've been around the world seven times, been stabbed three times, been down in an airplane, and once dated the Bearded Lady.

Roddy Piper

World Airplane Lady Down Three Been

All of our movies are lower budget, and that makes them more interesting, too: we have to come up with solutions other than throwing money at problems.

Jason Blum

Money Problems Budget Interesting Up

To realize the incredible potential of connected cars and autonomous driving, we must continue to forge innovative global partnerships that engage everyone from automakers and Internet of Things players to government and educational institutions.

Dinesh Paliwal

Government Potential Partnerships

Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess.

Chris Van Hollen

Today Job Eye You Look Situation

When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science fiction.

Brandon Sanderson

Science Magic Fantasy Science Fiction

I think it's a competitive advantage that both Amazon and Google and other tech companies have over a lot of their counterparts. They take big risks and are pioneering new markets with the promise of big rewards. It's why Amazon is kind of reliably starting new businesses and opening kind of new frontiers.

Brad Stone

Risks Think New Kind Why Google