That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. Charles Caleb Colton knowledgereadertake Change image and share on social
The hardest part about writing fiction is finding long stretches of time to do it: for me, this means writing mostly on Saturdays and Sundays. But I am always thinking about my characters, jotting down ideas in stolen moments and hoping I'll be able to make sense of them when the weekend rolls around. J. Courtney Sullivan characterfictionfind share on social
When the painting is hanging on your wall for a long time, you don't notice it. You get tired of it, even if it's a Picasso. When the next generation inherits the painting, they sell it. I don't want to be sold. Julio Iglesias generationhanginherit share on social
It's certainly not easy having to spend a lot of time apart, and having a five-year-old child who's got to be at school. So we need to learn how to organize our time really well because for months we will be in two different countries. David Thewlis childcountryeasy share on social
On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise. Paul Ricoeur arisecosmicinsignificant Change image and share on social
With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery. Paul Berg discoveryexcitementfact Change image and share on social
There's times when I'll see a show, or something cooking on TV, and think, 'That can really be fun when it's working.' But it's a grind. I did that at NBC, it was five days a week. I was doing 'Talk Soup' and 'Later' at the same time. It's a hard job, more difficult than people realize. Greg Kinnear cookdaydifficult share on social
My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection. Miranda Raison favouriteperfectionprogramme Change image and share on social
I've been a professional writer for 20 years, and there are contours in that time, crescents and troughs. Graham Joyce contourcrescenthave Change image and share on social
For the longest time in Denmark I didn't want to say what I was politically. I thought it was irrelevant. Bjorn Lomborg denmarkirrelevantlong Change image and share on social