Quotes About Author

It's refreshing to hear something that's pop but doesn't sound like Britney Spears.

Some of my academic friends think I've fallen from a very special grace.

In 1975, I went to the Dominican Republic for eight months during the shooting of a film based on my novel 'Captain Pantoja and the Special Service.' It was during this period I heard and read about Trujillo.

Michael Lewis, author of 'Moneyball,' got special access for a profile of Obama for 'Vanity Fair' - but Obama insisted on redlining his quotes.

I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know.

There's no doubt my having been a ballplayer made me feel a special sense of responsibility to Joe Jackson's life.

I did get a degree in special education.

I'm one of the guys who wants to watch the film completely done, with special effects, sound and music, because I tend to get disappointed if I watch it not fully done.

I'm frustrated with Hollywood and television and the movies because they see science fiction as an excuse for eye candy, for lots of great special effects.

Asylum was good exposure for me and it is still shown quite often on television. I remember the special effects people had fun making a little doll that looked like me - which is not so easy - and it had to move along the floor.

'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.

I was born and raised in the state of Indiana, and it's where I started Papa John's, so this state and our partnership with the Pacers hold a special place in my heart.

South India, and in particular Hyderabad, holds a special place in my heart because I have a huge fan base here.

Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has a special place in the cannibalism canon as well.

I absolutely love writing and sharing my enthusiasm with students, and because of 'Hattie Big Sky,' Montana holds a special place in my heart.

Jaipur is the hometown of my religious guruji. It has a special place in my heart, and I have been here several times.

Cleveland and football have always held a special place in my heart.

Milan - the club and the city - is a very special place for us Dutch.

My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.

I was an international tax specialist. Yeah, I was an international man of mystery and tax specialist.

I mean, defense to me is something that when you watch a game you don't really pay attention to defense unless you're very - unless you're a specialist.

It's just a coincidence that I've scored two headers. I'm not a specialist scoring headed goals.

I'm slightly obsessed with Moomins. They were my specialist subject on BBC's 'Celebrity Mastermind' a few years ago!

Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.