#ted

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#ghost #had #i #long #long time

My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#even #expected #home #housework #intellectuals

Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous. ↗

— Sister Parish

#admitted #aunt #even #every #family

The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come. ↗

— Sister Parish

#interrupted #last #lives #many #occasions

Gromit was the name of a cat. When I started modeling the cat I just didn't feel it was quite right, so I made it into a dog because he could have a bigger nose and bigger, longer legs. ↗

— Nick Park

#bigger #cat #could #dog #feel

When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out. ↗

— Nick Park

#america #american #british #clear #first

Writing is a passion I have never understood, yet a storyteller is all I have ever wanted to be. ↗

— Ruth Park

#i #never #passion #storyteller #understood

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#feel #gay #gay marriage #i #i feel

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now. ↗

— Mike Peters

#big #breaks #chewed #failure #getting

Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater. ↗

— William Petersen

#always #back #careers #chicago #coming