#rise

I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#down #giggle #great #here #humour

That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#doing #easy #easy thing #element #i

Making a book is such a big enterprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#book #enterprise #making #such

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#am #any #awaits #aware #book

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt. ↗

— Holly Near

#being #hurt #part #shocked #surprised

To my great surprise and pleasure, I have had dinner with most of the people living with whom I would like to have dinner. ↗

— Holly Near

#great #had #i #like #living

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there. ↗

— Holly Near

#just #leave #out #part #rise

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. ↗

— Jawaharlal Nehru

#crises #force #least #occur #think

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the definition of a marriage as between one man and one woman. ↗

— Randy Neugebauer

#definition #i #man #marriage #mr

I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#art #cause #emotion #i #newness