Gail Simone Quotes

I think it's important to have diversity in comics for a thousand reasons. It's not just some airy conceptual thing: it's important to reflect the humanity of the readership.

Gail Simone

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 29, 1974

Topics

DiversityThinkHumanityImportant

It was my first scene in any movie and my only scene in Kramer vs. Kramer. I was petrified.

JoBeth Williams

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Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.

Joan Collins

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When I began, poetry was very academic. You published little pamphlets from fancy presses. It was rather... chaste. There wasn't much public reading. Then there was poetry and jazz, which I don't think worked, though I love jazz.

John Fuller

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I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, 'Son, be an architect,' and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect.

Max Walker

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The critics don't bother me.

Robert Stigwood

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The three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking for the faculty.

Robert M. Hutchins

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I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this ideal schedule. Then I try to find time later in the day. I usually work at home, but sometimes, for a change I'll go to a library or a cafe. And I like to read poetry before I sit down to write.

Sigrid Nunez

WorkChangeHomeMorningTimeDay

Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can take time out from the bustle and brouhaha of the city, and simply sit and watch and reflect.

Tom Hodgkinson

TimeCityFreeGeniusYouResting

I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out.

Robin Williams

WomenWineReadyOutPassLike

Business is global. Countries need to react to that; taxes need to be paid where profit arises.

Mo Ibrahim

BusinessProfitReactNeedTaxes

I don't need any more awards.

Davy Jones

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You are the mother, the father, the sister, the brother, the teacher and the guide for the soul that has been placed in your trust.

Debbie Ford

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