Quotes About Author

How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.

During my time in the entourages of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, I never saw either of them attack and punish those who disagree, as Dobson does on a regular basis.

I was very afraid to write a novel - it was a dream for a very long time, and it was one of the few things that I was afraid to try.

I read all the time so it's difficult to say who my all-time favourites are. One is George Orwell, because he makes political writing so simple a child could understand it.

I'm not going to talk about supporting somebody for a long time. I don't know who the two party candidates are going to be.

I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.

You should be writing for the love of the story, and when it comes time to return to the manuscript, everything else belongs behind a closed door.

I am a writer (and one day I'll be an author). For a long time I was a bookseller (who wrote) or a TV producer (who wrote), but for the last decade or so, its been "writer."

I think [Donald Trump's] incentives are not aligned with the Republican Party. I mean, they are part of the time, but they're not all of the time.

I see fans all the time. They're always very complimentary and they're always very eager to talk and to share their experiences or get a selfie. They're really, really loyal. And intense.

It's been a long time since NATO was created, and I also think Donald Trump has spoken very wisely about the need to rethink the mission of NATO.

Forgive me," he went on. "For a long time I have had the peculiar habit of not arriving but appearing.

When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York.

When I have time to sit and reflect on the different situations that I face every day, I'll be able to speak more succinctly about the challenges as a woman.

I spent a lot of time trying to layer upon layer upon layer as I wrote. I think that's often the fear of a writer, that little nuances won't get picked up.

[Margot Hentoff] was an editor there for a time as well as a writer.

I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally write minor notes for record albums and occasional articles.

Mickey [Rourke] one time just basically drove off in the picture car that we were driving in. For my amusement. It was either to kidnap me or for my amusement.

Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking.

I do not cook. However, if I did, I'd cook all Italian food, all the time.

Every dimension of the gospel is relevant to one or more of our social and political problems of our time.

You might have been able to fool people the first time, or something, but you really can't make a successful sequel today unless people really, really liked the predecessor.

I don't have a day job, so I read any time of day.

I'm not criticizing the science in Star Wars. That's a waste of everybody's time.