Quotes About Author

I never write my stories as a wake-up call as such. I simply explore the kinds of situations that I find personally challenging by placing characters into situations that challenge them in similar ways.

There are only so many things you can do in life, and if you think I'm going to spend my waking hours thinking about some decency in some Tory or other, forget it.

I am an insomniac. I wake up at 6 or 6:30 and get out of bed immediately. The coffee starts right away. Then I get to the computer as quickly as possible. I like to start writing when I'm still half-asleep, in a state between dreaming and waking.

I keep vampire hours, going to bed at 2 A.M. and waking up at about 10:30-11 A.M.

I care about waking up to the true issues of the 21st century: inequality, diversity, and the impact of tech.

I would guess that any criticism about Wal-Mart could have some element of truth with 1,500,000 people.

I remember, my first bicycle was very much a used bike. I wasn't going to Wal-Mart, buying a flashy 10-speed bike from China. Are you kidding me?

It's about getting a more democratic Wales for the purpose of improving our economic performance, for improving the delivery of health care, for raising educational standards.

Over in the UK and in Wales, it's nice to turn on the TV and see 'Baywatch.'

I'm happy to be in the centre for Wales - that's my favourite position and where I play my best football.

I am very excited to be here in Wales and look forward to putting on the Cardiff Blues shirt.

My literary career kicked off in 1956 when, as a resident of Swansea, South Wales, I published my first novel, 'Lucky Jim.'

Everyone in London, Wales, and France made the 'Merlin' experience a very, very special one.

I was the first independent to walk in with a documentary.

I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There's no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me my sound.

What I loved about Edinburgh was being able to walk to work through a beautiful place.

Television is a prisoner of dialogue and steady-cam. People walk down a hall, and the camera follows them around a corner.

I wanted a simple one-bedroom apartment that would impress people when they walked in but that was otherwise extremely comfortable and useful.

We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already sacred.

If I walked into a restaurant, the other diners would look around and say, 'I hope you're not cooking.'

I got off the abutment and walked towards my office.

About five, six FBI agents walked into the courthouse and arrested me. They said I was being arrested for distribution of information related to explosives over the Internet.

If I walked back into the booth in the year 2025, I don't think it would have changed much. I think baseball would be played and managed pretty much the same as it is today. It's a great survivor.

I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.