Kate Atkinson Quotes

Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes along.

Kate Atkinson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 20, 1951

Topics

CharacterMeWritingWeirdKind

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

Jim C. Hines

AloneHealthFunEnoughTurnPark

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.

Joel Edgerton

LoveCoolThinkFindingWayFiction

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that date strictly a European conflict. Marcus Garvey's prophecy about the European scramble to maintain dominance over the whole world was now a reality.

John Henrik Clarke

ConflictWorldRealityNowWayOver

I wouldn't be alive without my work.

Mauro Ranallo

WorkAliveWithout

Losing yourself in the character opens you up in a way that no amount of precise preparation can.

Ana Gasteyer

CharacterYourselfLosingPreparation

You know what's weird, I just write to write, with no intention, I just write.

Tommy Lee

WeirdYouIntentionKnowWriteJust

I was a bratty little sister. I was the youngest of three, and I often felt as though I didn't fit in.

Dorothy Hamill

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I'm a little bit shy and from the Midwest, so to be so open and honest with millions of people is pretty difficult. To have people constantly having an eye on you and very interested in what you're doing at all times - it can be a little stressful at times.

Connor Franta

PeopleEyeDoingYouShyDifficult

How many girls, models or not, are secure about their bodies? I think I'm more realistic about what to expect of myself now. I also have a lot of other things than modeling going on in my life that I'm proud of.

Cindy Crawford

LifeMyselfProudThinkMy LifeNow

The terrorists' only rules? That there are no rules, and this gives them a major advantage.

Brandon Webb

RulesAdvantageOnlyNo RulesMajor

Being a secretary was considered a very good job in those days.

Brenda Blethyn

GoodJobGood JobDaysBeingThose

That's the thing - you do a job like 'Shameless,' and suddenly that's why you can get a job like 'The Virgin Queen', not because of all the classical theatre you've done. But we can be very snippy about television. It's absolutely the most potent and powerful form of storytelling we have.

Anne-Marie Duff

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