Malorie Blackman Quotes

I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.

Malorie Blackman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 8, 1962

Topics

I AmWorldChanceReadingThought

Right now I'm single. Single, and loving it.

Jody Watley

LovingNowRightSingle

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

John Cotton Dana

LearnTeachNeverMustWhoCease

The courts are as a stage, people love to see attractive players.

Anna Kournikova

LovePeopleStageSeeAttractive

I do loads of one-pot things because I feel like you can't go too far wrong. And I make a lot of soups and casseroles, which is so boring, but it's the only thing I can do!

Sophie McShera

FeelYouI CanWrongGoBoring

Growing up, I had the weird fantasy list: I wanted to be Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee. You have to have almost psychotic drive, because you're going to have years of failure.

Rob Zombie

FailureGrowing UpDriveWeirdYou

I love Rob Schneider.

Ron Eldard

LoveI LoveRob

Sometimes, as a former football player, we have to go into that away game and silence the crowd. And just let them know I am the man. I'm going to be here for a long time.

Roman Reigns

TimeFootballManSilenceI AmGame

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

Moliere

LoveMoneyWritingFriendsYouLike

Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Julia Louis-Dreyfus - I put Issa Rae in that category of comic genius.

Jay Ellis

GeniusLilyComicCategoryPut

On the one hand, I'm this guy who grew up in the suburbs of New York City to very conservative parents, and the other side of me is fascinated by the peripheries of our culture, maybe because that's where our culture is most in transition and where there's likely to be conflict.

Chris Bohjalian

CultureNew YorkParentsCityMe

Family is funny, and so it was not an unnatural thing for me, growing up, not to know anything about my dad or about the Vance side of our family.

Courtney B. Vance

FamilyFunnyMeGrowing UpKnowUp

Just because you're not like other people doesn't mean that you're bad. It means that you're different, and that's great.

Phoebe Robinson

GreatPeopleYouBadJust Because

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