Because I write a book a year, I always want to do one other project every year that's stimulating in a different way. It means you can be working but not using up your prose juice, you know? Denise Mina bookjuicemean Change image and share on social
Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as 'I' - you are inhabiting that 'I.' Kate Atkinson addressautobiographyfiction share on social
Because I write prose, when I sat down to write a comic, it feels like my brain's working differently. It actually feels like different bits of my head are springing into action. Denise Mina actionbitbrain Change image and share on social
Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of. Ben Folds insidelotproud Change image and share on social
Because if I don't know my lines, I really don't know what I'm doing. Christopher Walken line Change image and share on social
Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And I know that ain't the life. John Singleton appallblackhonest Change image and share on social
Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort. Neil Gaiman beautycolonconcentrate Change image and share on social
Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win. Christiane Amanpour badpeoplestoryteller Change image and share on social
Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then obviously we are contributing to building better buildings more easily. Minoru Yamasaki buildbuildingcontribute Change image and share on social
Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries. Meg Whitman americaamgencalifornia share on social