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TRUDI RENWICK I was thrilled with the outcome. I never thought we would have this much action today.
CINDY MILLER I don't have any outside view of myself, and if I did, I would probably be creatively inhibited....
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JOE POWERS I have to be honest. I thought he'd have a chance to be a good player. But never did I dream he coul...
TOM AMSTUTZ I would never have thought it.
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STEPHENIE MEYER I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
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BILL JAMES I understand that [I'm under contract], but at the same time, I thought maybe this would be differen...
JOE BARRY Thirty years ago I thought I would never put myself through this again. But I felt I had a duty to r...
KATHLEEN HAM
PAT BARKER I talk about millennials with a healthy dose of humility, as I'm a card-carrying member of Gener...
DANA PERINO I have never felt out of place in my entire life. But I did at Yale.
J. D. VANCE I'm shocked that it's in this good a condition. I mean I would have thought, I'm from California, I ...
JASON MOORE
I would be so mad if I saw something called a memoir, and then it was Mike Birbiglia. It would be so... MIKE BIRBIGLIA You’re too much”, he said. “You talk too much, love too much, feel too much. And I don’t kno...
A BOOK I'LL NEVER WRITE A friend is someone who has your back. Those in the military refer to it as, 'I got your six....
KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE
I did read Sherlock Holmes as a boy but I never thought for a moment that I'd ever write about Doyle... JULIAN BARNES From the first moment I saw her, I thought she was the best I've ever seen, ... I've been coaching f...
DENNIS TAYLOR
A memoir forces me to stop and remember carefully. It is an exercise in truth. In a memoir, I look a... ISABEL ALLENDE
Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have him retired on ... WILLIAM OSLER I'd waste a holiday trying to set a story in this new place I'd visit, whereas I would never...
DARRYL PINCKNEY If I thought Cisco was going to grow 40 percent for one year, I would never pay two-plus the growth ...
HUGH JOHNSON I did not set out to write another novel. One day I sat down with the thought of trying my hand at a...
TIM O'BRIEN I thought up here this would never happen. Fights happen everywhere, but I thought never a murder he...
CAROLYN SCOTT I just think it would have been the right thing to do. I've been denied before on this type of thing...
JOE BARRY
I first visited the Philippines when I was 29. I thought I would feel at home there, but I felt more... ALEX TIZON
I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get t... ARMISTEAD MAUPIN
I never thought meeting you would be this boring. I thought we'd put our Italian emotion into gear a... MELINA MARCHETTA Never in my wildest imagination did I think she would survive. I thought that would be a dead horse ...
LYNN SEABA I never thought I would be so pleased with a sixth-place finish.
JEAN PRAHM I also find it interesting that a lot of people in their 30s are not married and don't have kids...
JOHN STAMOS I didn't think much of it at the time, but I never thought it would turn into this,
EDITH SHAIN Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.
DAVID HERBERT DONALD I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to wri...
SAUL DAVID
But, for a little while, this is the place for us -- a good place too--a place of good omen, a place... BERYL MARKHAM
And there, in that phrase, the bitterness leaks again out of my pen. What a dull lifeless quality th... GRAHAM GREENE
I thought I could never write a proper book; I'd never done it before. But I thought I could wri... TANA FRENCH It was unexpected. Yes, I did 20 years in the Army, but I never thought he would follow in my footst...
BRIAN MONTGOMERY I thought it would be a buzz around school, maybe around town, but I never thought it would be this ...
BRIAN BENSON I never thought I would be the oldest quarterback in the National Football League at one point, not ...
WARREN MOON I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I...
FRANCES O'CONNOR
I would rather have one minute at this age than a month at 21. WILLIAM M. HOLDEN I never thought Howard Stern would say 'Paul Anka is cool.' But he did,
PAUL ANKA I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book.
SARA PARETSKY I never really thought we would still be at this point,
KAREN JOHNSON Never in a million years would I have thought that I would be where I am.
ERIN DAWSON I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
LUCY VAN PELT
I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong. CHARLES M. SCHULZ How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew I didn't want to los...
RUTA SEPETYS I had never thought this would happen. I feel like I am in a dream.
HAN XIAOPENG
I had never given much thought to how I would die, but dying in the place of someone I love doesn't ... STEPHENIE MEYER He's a very determined kid, a hardworking kid, but I guess I never thought it would get to this poin...
CYNDI SHARP (I am usually)looking through people's old relics and old letters from maybe someone who was in the ...
DOUG SCHMITT
I never thought it would end like this. I never thought he would leave me without saying goodbye. PHILIPPA GREGORY I always wanted to be a writer, and I did want to be a novelist. In college I took a couple of class...
ANNE FADIMAN I thought maybe they might play at some place, but I never thought for the same coach never, ever...
FELIX MANNELLA I've always been a creative speller and never achieved good grades in school. I graduated from h...
DEBBIE MACOMBER I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window
SUZY DAVIES I did my crime and I paid for it, but I would like to have some kind of life. Look at this. Would yo...
GARY GILBERT I never really thought that I would have a chance to do this. It's such a great opportunity.
JAIME DACEY
I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake' was s... WILL KEMP
I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human be... JOJO MOYES I never thought that in three months, we'd have five originals and at least 40 covers to play. We've...
BEN MCCLELLAND I look at myself at 19 and think I would never do what I did then now! I was so brazen, so confident...
BOY GEORGE But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I wou...
SAM DONALDSON
I cannot always write at the same time, in the same place. I work, travel and have a vigorous family... CARMEN AGRA DEEDY Once I moved to London I thought it was unbeatable. I work a lot in L.A. and love it, but would neve...
BRUNO TONIOLI I would never thought I would have won against Canada.
JOEL RETORNAZ I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard be...
LISA SCOTTOLINE
I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I... TAYLOR KITSCH I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young a...
NANCY ROMAN I saw after six laps I was seventh. At this time nobody would have thought I could get the bronze me...
ENRICO FABRIS I thought, man, this would be a great place to do a church.
GREG SAMPSON I formed a resolution to never write a word I did not want to write; to think only of my own tastes ...
C. S. FORESTER I thought I had a real chance at a low score after eagle-birdie, but I never did quite get it close ...
GIL MORGAN I have had so many great moments, but I would have to say that dancing the Swan in 'Swan Lake...
WILLIAM KEMPE This has been pretty awesome. I would never have thought I would be this successful at all. I knew T...
JAMI LANZ I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd use anything I learned in the Navy. But I did.
JACK KEARNEY
My early novels were written in quite a dark place. I stand by them, but I would never write them ag... MATT HAIG My grandfather died in 1952. I never did meet him, but I did meet my grandmother and my aunts, who l...
TRUDI RENWICK I was thrilled with the outcome. I never thought we would have this much action today.
CINDY MILLER I don't have any outside view of myself, and if I did, I would probably be creatively inhibited....
RACHEL KUSHNER Everybody tries hard for it, but I never thought this day would come for me. I'm used to getting tho...
JOE POWERS I have to be honest. I thought he'd have a chance to be a good player. But never did I dream he coul...
TOM AMSTUTZ I would never have thought it.
DAVE ROSE
I’D NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO HOW I WOULD die — though I’d had reason enough in the last few... STEPHENIE MEYER I have always watched my close friends fall in love, but I never thought it would happen to me.
UDAY KIRAN We had a shot at the end to tie against a great team. I think the roof would have come off this plac...
PAT AMBROSE Before the season, I never thought I would finish this high. You have to draw the line somewhere abo...
JEFF MONTAGUE
I never listen to music when I write. AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
I have seen sights and travelled in countries you cannot imagine. I have been afraid and I have been... PHILIPPA GREGORY How could I let this happen? How could I let it get this far? I never thought Malyn would have the s...
JANAE MITCHELL I started to read at a very early age, and I just thought that books and reading were really the mos...
CAROL WINDLEY I never had time to get married; I never had a spare minute. At my age I look back and think it woul...
CLETE OAKS I thought nobody would be there. But the place was full, and there were a lot of entertainers -- I t...
FREDDIE BELL I truly thought they were in the house. The only other place I thought they could have been was the ...
LINDA SCATENA
I never thought I would see this day. But it's here now and I feel pretty good about it. JERRY RICE
I never thought Cathy would get married in the comic strip. And I also thought I would never get mar... CATHY GUISEWITE Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an ...
ANTHONY HOLDEN I'm an author who likes assignments, who needs suggestions, ideas I would never have thought of ...
DAVID LAGERCRANTZ
I write entirely in English; Tagalog chauvinists chide me for this. I feel no guilt in doing so. But... F. SIONIL JOSE
Now I say I'm a diarist with an explanation I'll get back to you on. Someday I may try and w... CARRIE FISHER I feel real good, not tired at all. I thought there would be more hype. But I did feed off [the crow...
HECTOR ALATORRE I thought the kids did some good things. I really thought they executed great in the first half. Thi...
LEE BENNETT
I understood at a very early age that in nature, I felt everything I should feel in church but never... ALICE WALKER Nobody likes to write about race. I thought I would do a [statistical] run of black players against ...
BILL JAMES I understand that [I'm under contract], but at the same time, I thought maybe this would be differen...
JOE BARRY Thirty years ago I thought I would never put myself through this again. But I felt I had a duty to r...
KATHLEEN HAM
I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our min... 