#par

At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#children #debts #escape #fewer #fiction

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not. ↗

— William Hague

#over #people #prepared #see #time

My book has a very simple surface, but there are layers of irony and paradox all the way through it. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#irony #layers #paradox #simple #surface

Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#adult #bloody #books #children #complex

There's like a special group of people that come from different parts of the planet to study with me. It's nice. I just gave a workshop in Boston at the New England Conservatory, which was really nice. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#come #conservatory #different #different parts #england

Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage! ↗

— Jerry Hall

#asked #audition #elton #former #got

There's one political party in this country, and that's the corporate party. ↗

— John Hall

#country #party #political #political party

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else. ↗

— Radclyffe Hall

#call #else #mad #much #nature

When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#develop #journey #just #life #part

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff. ↗