My mum always said I devoured 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' at the tender age of four, but frankly, I think that might be a touch of maternal exaggeration. Matt Haig touch lion wardrobe Change image and share on social
Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth. Denis Diderot benumb extraordinary flow Change image and share on social
I admired my father very much... at the age of sixteen. But now I see that he was a brutal and cruel man, - but not without remorse, and that was what tortured us, his alternations. Delmore Schwartz age torture sixteen Change image and share on social
It is enough for a poet to be the guilty conscience of his age. Saint-John Perse poet guilty conscience Change image and share on social
The poet existed among the cave men; he will exist among men of the atomic age, for he is an inherent part of man. Even religions have been born from the need for poetry, which is a spiritual need, and it is through the grace of poetry that the divine spark lives forever in the human flint. Saint-John Perse man part exist share on social
My childhood was defined by my father's absence. His presence looms so large. Up until the age of 18, he was a superstar for me. Said Sayrafiezadeh define presence loom Change image and share on social
I'm a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that. Ruth Rendell bend people exercise Change image and share on social
They say that women's sexual peaks are in their 30s or 40s, and I think that it happens because they're more comfortable. It's not some hormonal change that happens at that age. Of course, it would be nice to have more physiological insight on that. Mary Roach woman hormonal sexual share on social
I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers. David Mitchell literature film writer share on social
Shakespeare and Co dedicates itself to a shared, heady and outdated ideal that is scarce in our protective and fearful age. Rory MacLean shakespeare age scarce Change image and share on social