#year

I wasted a lot of years working on my writing and very grandly saying, 'And now... My Novel!,' which would soon be reduced to a short story, then to a paragraph. ↗

— George Saunders

#i #lot #novel #now #paragraph

The cool parts - the parts that have won Dubai its reputation as 'the Vegas of the Middle East' or 'the Venice of the Middle East' or 'the Disney World of the Middle East, if Disney World were the size of San Francisco and out in a desert' - have been built in the last ten years. ↗

— George Saunders

#built #cool #desert #disney #dubai

Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop there every day for a year and capture how it changes, then put it all together to create an incredible image of a traditional English scene. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#changes #couple #create #day #ducks

The first year I sold a photo to was a lady who thought I was a chef, for some reason. I've no idea why. ↗

— Graeme Le Saux

#first #i #idea #lady #no idea

The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass! ↗

— Adam Savage

#differentiates #fourteen #glass #me #old

I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect or forget it. ↗

— Dan Savage

#empty #every #exercise #exercised #forget

The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them. ↗

— Fred Savage

#called #fred #frightens #how #i

I did six series for the BBC and that was enough. I've been writing for ten years, which is more challenging artistically. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#bbc #been #challenging #did #enough

I've accentuated the look over the years. As a comic, you try something and if it works you go with it and grind it to death. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#death #go #grind #i #look

I've been going to Granada for many years and 12 years ago bought a house a few miles outside the city. ↗

— Alexei Sayle

#been #bought #city #few #going