Quotes About Author

I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.

To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.

I don't like to work. I am not helpless without work. Work is an obsession for me.

I have a very distinct memory of 'ExciteBike' and making my own courses. I had an obsession with that game.

My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what I was saying about the difference between the character's message and the film's message.

I get very caught up with things. I used to be dominated by domestic things. I had a lovely house in LA-and it became this growing, mad obsession.

I do write about obsession, but I don't think I have an obsession for writing. I'm not a compulsive writer. I like to watch obsession in other people, watch the way it makes them behave.

Articles always end up being about my appearance. I had a conversation with Jude Law: he told me people's obsession with looks goes away after a while.

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.

We are obsessive NPR listeners.

It is true that Egypt's attempt at democracy after the 2011 revolution encountered many obstacles in governance and infrastructure.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.

Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime.

I felt like an apostle of the obvious and people imagined that I was doing something daring.

It's absolutely clear to me that Obama has enormous intrapersonal intelligence. His book, 'Dreams from My Father,' is an amazing book, and it's obvious to everybody he has lots of intrapersonal intelligence.

For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe it's because I talk too much!

My style just is what it is and it's pretty obvious what it is. People seem to like it.

On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable.

When it comes to shoes, I always think Charlotte Olympia, of course! Her footwear is always feminine and sexy and also just right for every occasion.

I think there's a certain amount of pressure depending on how demanding the part is, depending on how great the material is. I feel a certain amount of pressure to rise to the occasion.

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.

Literary life used to be quite different in Britain in the years I lived there, from 1971 to 1989, because money was not a factor - no one made very much except from U.S. sales and the occasional windfall.