People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?" [Interview in The Independent , 15 October 2005]
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JAVED AKHTAR We have the greatest power through love that can be known. It overcomes everything with its fierce a... JAY WOODMAN I'd definitely like to do something darker, something... maybe an older character. You know, maybe a... ALEXIS BLEDEL Sometimes, when I am sad, I am not sad for myself. I am sad for the world, I am sad ... WORDIONS You are a book being read every moment, By someone or the other, Though only in parts! <... LUKHMAN PAMBRA if you set your goals ridiculously high and its a failure, you will fail above everyone elses succes... JAMES FRANCIS CAMERON I don't profess any religion; I don't think it’s possible that there is a God; I have the greatest... PHILIP PULLMAN When I walked into your room and sat down beside you on the bed, I felt it. I felt you give... COLLEEN HOOVER Cats don’t have names,” it said. “No?” said Coraline. “No,” said t... NEIL GAIMAN You have the right to be wrong. Let your ideas fail, let your skills prove their inadequacy, and let... STEVE PAVLINA I ask the impossible: love me forever. Love me when all desire is gone. Love me with the s... ANA CASTILLO I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth so... LAURELL K. HAMILTON In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you ar... C.S. LEWIS His voice gentled and his touch became more like a caress. "I love you," he whispered. "Romeo.... CAMBRIA HEBERT You deserve someone who you don't mind sharing your world with—someone you can trust in it. ... TERRY A O'NEAL Sour Milk You can't make it turn sweet again. Once it was an innocen... DIANE WAKOSKI I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with. Tell me why you loved... ANDREA GIBSON I’m not saying you shouldn’t enjoy your drive; what I am saying is that other drivers are trying... COREY TAYLOR Sleep my little baby-oh Sleep until you waken When you wake you'll see the world If I... NEIL GAIMAN You read a book for the story, for each of its words," Gordy said, "and you draw your cartoons for t... SHERMAN ALEXIE Pierrot. How . . . odd for you. You’re much more the Harlequin, I should think.’’ ‘‘I... RACHEL CAINE I can see a strong vision,its the vision of tomorrow & it can only manifest tomorrow,its appointed t... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) That thing you thought you'd do You start to think you can't; You always say tomorrow, MARGO T. ROSE One day,' you said, 'I watched the sunset forty-three times!' And a little later you adde... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY It is cocaine," he said, "a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it?" "No, indee... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The World "You know the saddest thing," she said. "The saddest thing is that we're you."<... NEIL GAIMAN Laugh, even when you feel too sick or too worn out or tired. Smile, even when you're trying no... ALYSHA SPEER Nobody has the right to not be offended. 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