#very

If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#awfully #cry #going #honey #howl

Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#early #entirely #good #influence #much

It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#another #argue #bell #both #clock

Suppose you could gain everything in the whole world, and lost your soul. Was it worth it? ↗

— Billy Graham

#everything #gain #lost #soul #suppose

Back when we were first making records, you didn't just make the music, you put a great deal of energy into the way it looked, and every word that was written on the whole thing. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#deal #energy #every #first #great

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone. ↗

— August Wilson

#between #calendar #every #find #focus

My husband and I are best of friends first and foremost. We fight like cats and dogs, but never stay mad for long. I was lucky to find him, he is in every way, my soulmate. ↗

— Carnie Wilson

#cats #dogs #every #fight #find

I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock. ↗

— Carnie Wilson

#determination #i #i am #like #resilient

I did have reconstructive plastic surgery and a tummy tuck. And from hip to hip, there's a very big scar. It looks better than it did... So I say, if you don't like that skin, have it removed. This is my advice: if you're gonna do it - just go for it. ↗

— Carnie Wilson

#better #big #did #go #go for it

Like everyone else, I have challenges. ↗

— Carnie Wilson

#else #everyone #i #like