Quotes About Author

I am honored to have served as our great nation's first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. I will continue to serve as Ambassador Emeritus. And I will make good on my Ambassadorial promise to my wife to stop playing the 'Fanfare' every time I walk into or out of a room.

The 'Podunk Times' is not going to have a good dance critic, I absolutely promise you that. There's just not enough dance there.

When it comes to movies, if it's a classic or award-winner, I promise I've never seen it. But if it's anything superhero-related, I've probably watched it 100 times.

Happy to be a Hawk. Shows a lot of promise that the organization is willing to take the time to pick me.

I can only promise one thing: I will never celebrate a goal against Porto because of my respect for the fans and the club.

The Chinese government promised Hong Kong '50 years, and change.' And 50 years later, after 1997, will be 2046; I think, 'Well, that's a very interesting promise.' So I want to make a film about promise.

We promised the Accountability Act, we delivered the Accountability Act.

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

As a kid, I didn't need to be convinced the future promised peril and oppression, so when I started thinking up the middle-grade science fiction novel that became 'The Boy at the End of the World,' it seemed only natural to build the story around a dark vision of the future. In my book, civilization has nearly destroyed itself.

I had promised myself that after 'Gajini,' I would go back and take a break. However, 'London Dreams' began almost immediately.

The Shiv Sena manifesto had promised concession in power bills. It was a poll promise which will be fulfilled.

As a child of the Commonwealth, I had been brought up to believe Great Britain was the promised land, a culture where the rule of law was observed and decency was embedded in the national fabric.

Our state, so full of promise, has become the land of broken promises. And the promise-breaker-in-chief is Gov. Gavin Newsom.

There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on.

Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.

I make no promises every book will be about Chicago, but it's so inspiring. It's a city of such contradictions. I love to write about it.

Politicians can be cheered for the promises they make. Our country will be judged by the promises we keep.

I preferred to use mathematics in some practical fashion and thought that meteorology sounded promising.

Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure to write faster than was comfortable for them or the story.

I have found that words that are loaded with pathos and create a seductive euphoria are apt to promote nonsense.

Activities that promote mind-wandering, such as reading literature, going for a walk, exercising, or listening to music, are hugely restorative.

I have a prominent platform and I want to use it to promote respect for human rights, democracy, and personal freedom. For me, this is bigger than basketball.

We have to promote a movie. It's just extraordinary that everybody I'm talkin' to loves this movie.

I promote my own self-hatred.