#asked

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one. ↗

— Len Deighton

#asked #asking #book #come #first

Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#am #america #asked #come #i

I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. ↗

— Michael Newdow

#believe #constitution #government #i #i believe

I asked each one of them to make out with me and their reactions varied from excitable to horrified. ↗

— Rachel Perry

#each #horrified #i #make #me

Be able to decline a date so gracefully that the person isn't embarrassed that he or she asked. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#asked #date #decline #embarrassed #gracefully

Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. ↗

— Gerald Vann

#asking #exactly #fail #fraud #just

Three weeks was apparently time enough to fall in love, but not long enough to fall out of love. Meg had this unfortunate truth drummed into her head each morning when she woke, hoping this would be the day that she forgot about Alex, this would be the day she could get on with her life and put Edinburgh behind her. She grimaced. Three weeks, three years, it didn’t make a difference. She would remember. Everything. ↗

— Monica McCarty

#meg #monica-mccarty #life

So much is asked of parents, and so little is given. ↗

— Virginia Satir

#given #little #much #parents

I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#asked #i #make-up #said #seen

If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because you're so fed up with being asked all those stupid questions. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#again #ask #asked #bands #because