Quotes About Author

The one text that most changed my opinion on criticism was probably Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams,' which I read in college.

Bhagavd Gita is a major source of inspiration for me and the spiritual text has a special role in my life.

There were a lot of publishers that I loved, so the book went to auction. An auction is where you sit nervously by your phone and eat potato chips for two days waiting for your agent to text you numbers of the highest bid for each round. I ultimately went with Dervla Kelly at Rodale Books.

Judea Pearl is one of the most important scholars in the field of causal reasoning. His book 'Causality' is the leading textbook in the field.

Textbook rental is a great concept. It is just a great business model.

A textbook requires a consistent sense of style and a linear structure, hallmarks of a single authorial presence. An encyclopedia doesn't.

Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources. That definition may be the 'what,' but it certainly is not the 'why.'

I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.

I'm a huge history buff. It was no hardship to read history textbooks for homework.

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.

Beckett's 'Stories and Texts for Nothing' is probably my favorite book.

I don't think that French women are less feminist. If you look at Simone de Beauvoir, she was French and she wrote one of the founding texts of feminism.

I have one custom guitar which I play almost exclusively. I have others - sometimes you want a little texture, kind of a different sound or something.

The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.

Writing has certain advantages; film is another way to tell a story. An experienced filmmaker will take what she needs from the book and leave out other things. With adaptations, you never get the texture of the writing: it's a different mode.

I don't do a lot of editing post-shoot, but I use Lightroom to play with contrast and texture and to remove dust.

How can you turn down Marks and Gran? Their scripts are so rich in texture.

To me, 'Show Boat' was the first American musical, the first to have the real texture of this country.

There are rules that are so blatantly broken on 'Contra,' like structures of harmony and texture.

I always condition my ends, and I love Mane and Tail. It's so amazing. It leaves a film of moisture and just gives great texture.

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create.

I'm a foodie and I love to eat Thai food; I need to eat every few hours, else you will see an irritable side of me.

We already have our history with Joanna in Muay Thai and we can start our history in MMA.

Anderson knees people in the face from the clinch. That guy is a world class Muay Thai fighter.