#cia

If you were a public official, you had to be accountable, and you had to be reachable. ↗

— James Jarrell Pickle

#had #official #public #reachable #were

I think there are readers out there and I don't think the book is dead. And more importantly I don't think readers have to choose between literary and commercial fiction. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#book #choose #commercial #dead #fiction

If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This isn't just social commentary. This is also about writing good page-turners. I want people to keep reading. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#also #commentary #first #good #guarantee

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#also #awareness #commentary #dickens #fiction

If someone asks me a question, that says they appreciate what I do and that's nice. And I know what it was like when I was a kid to want to interact with a top player. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#asks #i #i do #interact #kid

Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#able #behavior #change #human #human society

I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they're humble. ↗

— Mark Pincus

#bet #especially #experience #failed #humble

Zynga made social gaming and play a worldwide phenomenon, and we remain the industry leader. ↗

— Mark Pincus

#industry #leader #made #phenomenon #play

There has to be innate circuitry that does the learning, that creates the culture, that acquires the culture, and that responds to socialization. ↗

— Steven Pinker

#creates #culture #does #innate #learning

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#arts #british #especially #force #gets