Quotes About Author

Laws are there for a reason, and we have an obligation to follow them.

I do feel the obligation and desire to win the Scudetto with Juventus, and obviously everybody wants to win the Champions League.

The Canadian risings of the 1830s obliged the men in London to think much harder about settler self-government.

In a way, I feel obliged to respect Jean Rouch because I am told he is very important.

I don't think 'Befikre' is frivolous at all. Yes, the film is light-hearted. Shyra and Dharam are free-spirited but that doesn't mean they are obnoxious.

I still buy CDs and DVDs, but generally for more obscure material.

I'm never going to be inspired by some obscure film, which isn't to say I don't enjoy that sort of thing. I just want to share my work with everyone.

Your worst enemy as a writer - especially one working online a lot of the time - is obscurity.

I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up.

My observation on most people in national governments is that they have very little interest in and very little knowledge of the multinational institutions.

A lot of my writing and my detailing of scenes are based on my observations of life in Nagpur.

First, I used some of my own experiences and observations from attending a public high school. Secondly, I joined in some Internet chat rooms for gays and lesbians.

Every fundamental law has exceptions. But you still need the law or else all you have is observations that don't make sense. And that's not science. That's just taking notes.

The stories I write are often literal to events that have happened or observations that I've made, and sometimes they're fantastical.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Just like all my novels, 'Illusion' is a good way to observe where Frank Peretti was in his life when he wrote it.

I'm more interested in character than events. I've observed that about myself as a writer. I find events, even the most dramatic sort, not to be such fertile ground.

Many have observed that Elizabeth Edwards could be a political figure in her own right. She has never had an interest in that.

When I bought 'The New York Observer,' my experience in journalism was limited to a single article I had written for a college magazine.

I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.

I'm obsessed with Maggie Nelson's work.

Coldplay I really like a lot. David Grey, I'm obsessed with.

I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice.

I'm obsessed about lifting the greatest number of Argentines possible out of poverty as quickly as possible.