“My plays have been translated into all of the official languages of South Africa except Afrikaans.” Has BeensPlayLanguageSouthOfficialsSouth Africa Author:Zakes Mda
“I never boxed until 17 and a half, I was in the Olympics at 19, and I was world champion when I was 20. I never watched a boxing match life in my life. The only boxer I had ever heard of was Muhammad Ali.” WorldHalfHeardChampionBoxingOlympicsMuhammadBoxersWorld ChampionsBoxing Matches Author:Jeff Fenech
“I never lost any of my titles. I moved up in weight a few times. At the end of my career, the guys that beat me didn't beat the Jeff Fenech that I know.” KnowsEndsGuyLostCareersBeatsWeightMovedTitles Author:Jeff Fenech
“If you can run around the corner and say hello to someone do that instead of emailing. It's always more rewarding; the connection is always more authentic. If you've got something to say and you can say it someone's face, it's so much better, healthier.” IfsRunningFacesConnectionsCornersHelloAround The Corner Author:Tom Hiddleston
“The language of digital communication is a language we don't understand in a way. People say the internet is like the Wild West in that it's lawless and we haven't worked out how to make it structured or moral.” PeopleWayLanguageMoralHavensCommunicationInternetWestDigitalWild West Author:Tom Hiddleston
“For me, intuitive thinking means associative thinking; intuition causes us to introduce narrative or figurative elements into a poem before we're able to explain why those elements belong.” ThinkingMeanAbleCausesElementsIntuitionNarrativeIntroducingIntuitive Author:James Arthur
“Memorizing the work of others definitely made me a better writer.” MadeMemorizing Author:James Arthur
“When I started reciting my own poems in public, I worried that it would seem too theatrical, but now I find recitation very natural, because it allows me to address audiences directly.” SeemsNaturalMy OwnAudienceWorriedAddressesTheatricalRecitingRecitation Author:James Arthur
“I was always interested in science, truth, goodness and fairness. I have always been strongly individualistic and merit-oriented. This is probably because I was adopted and thus have always tended to cavalierly dismiss the importance of "blood ties" and any inherited or "unearned" group characteristics.” GroupsBloodGoodnessImportanceMeritTiesCharacteristicsFairnessAdoptedIndividualistic Author:Stephan Kinsella
“When you recite you're giving a performance, in the way that an actor or a singer performs, and some poets are not interested in doing that, maybe because they're writing for a readership as opposed to an audience, or because they see poetry as a very private art.” WayGivingWritingArtActorsAudiencePoetPerformancesSingersNot InterestedReadership Author:James Arthur
