quotes about Writing Process

“Now the basest thought possible concerning man is, that he has no spiritual nature; and the foolishest misunderstanding of him possible is, that he has, or should have, no animal nature. For his nature is nobly animal, nobly spiritual,--coherently and irrevocably so; neither part of it may, but at its peril, expel, despise, or defy the other.”

“I grew up in Birmingham, but my parents are originally from Barbados. My dad, Romeo, was a long-distance lorry driver, and my mother, Mayleen, worked in catering.”

Source : "David Harewood: My family values". Interview with Busola Evans, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2013.

“I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.”

“The notion of making the television - the very thing that we allow into our living room and our kid's bedroom - something that's potentially dangerous, to me, is just so incredibly delicious that I can't tell you.”

“My goal as a puzzle designer is to create a meaningful experience for the player, not just 'I solved it,'”

“The rulling to kill the Americans and their allies - civilians and military - is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in anyh country in which it is possible to do it... to comply iwth God's order to kill the Americnns and plunder their money wherever and whenever they find it. We also call on Muslim ulema, leaders, youths, and soldiers to launch the raid on Satan's U.S. troops and the devil's supporters allying with them...”

“If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know.”

“Before I became the 'Great Test of the West," I was the 'Beast of the East.'”

“New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American.”

“I'm not just a model who plays volleyball, or a volleyball player who supports herself modeling. I'm a female athlete personality.”