#tho

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#book #country #down #experiment #here

The starting line of the New York Marathon is kind of like a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport. ↗

— Bill Rodgers

#behind #bomb #giant #go #kind

And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography. ↗

— Nicolas Roeg

#become #cinematography #craft #director #how

I would love for TNT to run the whole season at one point. I don't think that'll ever happen, though. ↗

— Elisabeth Rohm

#happen #i #love #point #run

The universe begins to look more like a great thought than a great machine. ↗

— James Jeans

#great #like #look #machine #more

I thought, I'm out in my life, that doesn't involve my public life. ↗

— Portia de Rossi

#involve #life #my life #out #public

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

#discovery #first #i #idea #like

I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it. ↗

— Jewel

#benefit #break #broken #came #career

Twyla Tharp put it together from the material I wrote and recorded over my whole career. I thought it was pretty good, but how objective could I be? ↗

— Billy Joel

#could #good #how #i #material

Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well. ↗

— Ma Jian

#flesh #mind #only #thoughts #tyrannies