Quotes About Author

I'd studied English literature at university, but I was also far more enamored with Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, and James Joyce. That was my passion.

And later, if I ever felt that I was getting swept away by the craziness of being in a band, well, I'd go back to Virginia.

I made a fairly bold pledge that I wanted Virginia to be the energy capital of the East Coast.

I will be the first to admit that I've made my own mistakes when it comes to Virginia's disclosure requirements.

I've always looked to that play, 'Virginia Woolf,' for a cue - as far as any cue I might need as an actor for inspiration or as a writer.

'Old Dominion' is the nickname for the state of Virginia, and four of us have ties to Virginia.

Unfortunately, I kind of split between Virginia and living in an airplane. I travel a lot.

Virginia is my home, and I know what it takes to ensure our prosperity - that's why I'll approach economic growth by utilizing the success of our agricultural sector.

The Road to Prosperity program is the centerpiece of my vision for West Virginia's economic recovery.

I'm kind of psychotic and I like to talk about things. I'm a Virgo, too, so I like to analyze and overprocess.

I think that in an increasingly virtual world, lovingly produced artefacts are at a premium.

The biggest difference with Twitter and writing long form is you're part of a virtual community where you know people, or think you know them, through their links.

Virtual reality started for me in sort of an unusual place. It was the 1970s. I got into the field very young: I was seven years old. And the tool that I used to access virtual reality was the Evel Knievel stunt cycle.

Personally, I'm kind of swirling in this hurricane of virtual reality because of 'Ready Player One.'

I really don't know why Scarlett has such appeal. When I began writing the sequel, I had a lot of trouble because Scarlett is not my kind of person. She's virtually illiterate, has no taste, never learns from her mistakes.

I've never really understood the criticism that climbing is inherently selfish, since it could equally be argued about virtually any other hobby or sport. Is gardening selfish?

Universality has been severely reduced: it is virtually dead as a concept in most areas of public policy.

I came to know Gore Vidal in the mid-1980s, when I was living in southern Italy, virtually a neighbour, and our friendship lasted until his death in 2012. Needless to say, he was a complicated and often combative man.

Abortion on demand, throughout the full nine months of a pregnancy, for virtually any reason, became public policy in the United States of America. No other developed democracy had, or has, such a permissive abortion regime.

It really is a day job, and it also seems to have virtually disappeared-with no remorse, really. It gives me more time to paint.

I think bookstore browsing will become more cherished as time goes on because it can't be replicated virtually.

A tactic used by authors of virtually every single book I've ever read that propounds a conspiracy theory is to attack an agency as being part of a conspiracy in the Kennedy assassination, but when this same agency comes up with something favorable to the author's position, the author will cite that same agency as credible support for his argument.

By, say, 2025-2030, I expect that there will be multiple jurisdictions that allow the tokenization of virtually any scarce resource, all the way down to personal tokens.

Humility is of central importance; I think it's an underappreciated virtue in the contemporary discussion of law and politics.