Every time I've had to do journalistic investigations, I've cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It's the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer. Italo Calvino academiccursediscover share on social
When you've lost a loved one, you realise how grateful you are for any help in those moments, and any scheme that tries to help families during that terrible time gets my backing. Stephen Mangan backfamilygrateful Change image and share on social
You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel. Michael Ondaatje actiondramaresolve Change image and share on social
I can't sit back and swallow stuff. I live in a time and place, and in a country on earth where you're not supposed to swallow it. People just gave up. Gary Coleman backcountryearth Change image and share on social
If women's choices - such as taking time off to rear children - make them less productive in the economy, does adolescent boys' behavior in school make them even less so, because they are missing the educational potential of their formative years? Sendhil Mullainathan adolescentbehaviorboy share on social
Computers are still technology because we are still wrestling with it: it's still being invented; we're still trying to work out how it works. There's a world of game interaction to come that you or I wouldn't recognise. It's time for the machines to disappear. The computer's got to disappear into all of the things we use. Douglas Adams computerdisappeargame share on social
When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else. Danger Mouse creategoodlot Change image and share on social
Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industrial Revolution. Was it any better in the time of Charles Kingsley or Charles Dickens? Robert Winston badlycharlechild share on social
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. Marcus Aurelius neighborsavethink Change image and share on social
I have a hard time narrowing things down to ten or 12 songs. If I walk off stage in anything less than two hours, it just feels strange. It feels early. Chris Cornell earlyfelthard Change image and share on social