Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage. John le Carre averageconspiratorialdaily share on social
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. acceptdisappointmentfinite share on social
I hope, after I'm gone, there will still be a Yes. Chris Squire hope Change image and share on social
As an author, you can't expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that's what you hope for, you shouldn't sell the rights. Bernhard Schlink authorbookexpect Change image and share on social
Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine. Paul Wellstone createdarehope share on social
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write. Pearl S. Buck bookdeskfaith Change image and share on social
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. George Eliot absolutedespairgreat share on social
But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. George Eliot calldespaireagerness Change image and share on social
I find so much writing colourless, small in its means, unwilling to take stylistic risks. Often it goes wrong; I am not the one to judge. Sometimes, I hope, it goes right. George Steiner colourlessfindhope Change image and share on social
I make a note, set it aside, and hope it makes sense when the time comes to look at it again. Donald E. Westlake hopemakenote Change image and share on social
