Quotes About Author

Poe was such a tragic and brilliant figure; he's somebody whom I've been somewhat obsessed with my whole life. I first read 'The Tell-Tale Heart' at age four.

Anybody who sits down to write, and they think 'thriller,' maybe shouldn't be thinking that way. Maybe we should be thinking 'novel,' maybe 'thriller' way in the background, but that these are real people to whom things are happening. It just happens to be a hell of an exciting story.

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites.

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

There are many dying children out there whose last wish is to meet me.

I never really liked Hollywood. I found it unreal - unreal and full of men and women whose lives were confused and full of pain.

Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.

There are some decision-makers in the world whose version of sanity is a little different from what I consider the right one.

I come from a country whose idea of masculinity is quite extreme, and I've grown up around a lot of that energy. I've been part of that a lot. And it's very draining; it's quite tiring trying to be macho.

It was Noel Coward whose technique I envied and tried to emulate. I collected all his records and writing.

There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.

The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.

Many's the dead author whose body of work has been marred by overzealous publishers or family members. If this happens to me, I vow to seek out the responsible parties and haunt them to the point of death.

My surname certainly suggests a man whose destiny has always been injury.

Indeed upon much that may have to say, I expect rather the charitable judgment than the full assent of those whose approbation I could most wish to win.

Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?

I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even halfway through. Our bass player, whose name is also Nate, ended up reading all three novels and loved them.

I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.

I'm not a scientist. That's why I don't want to have to deal with global warming, to tell you the truth.

The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.

Peking welcomed me with tremendous parades and gun salutes. The people with me are proud of me, proud that our downtrodden country has taken its place among the great nations. And now, people of America, I ask you, why didn't Eisenhower accord me the same respect?

Why does this person who is sitting behind a desk and never watches cartoons is arguing about what cartoons should be like. Its so creepy realizing that this person is a lunatic.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props.