“Never say "never" about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.” Quote by Mike Colter
“I wouldn't have thought that the techniques of story-telling, which is what the novel is after all, can vary much because there are two things involved.There's a story and there's a listener, whose attention you have to keep. Now the only way in which you can keep a reader's attention to a story is in his wanting to know what is going to happen next. This puts a fairly close restriction on the method you must use.” KnowsWayTwoStoriesUseHappensNextAttentionNovelReaderInvolvedMethodTechniqueTwo ThingsListenersRestrictionVary Author:William Golding
“What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house.” PeopleFeelsFirstsFactsUseWantedPoliticalHateHouseLeftVoicePoliticianAspirationFiftyCentsHate You Author:Jon Bon Jovi
“History repeats itself over and over again, but most of us have short memories.” MemoriesRepeatsRepeating HistoryHistory Repeats ItselfShort Memory Author:Mike Colter
“When you take a child who's hollering like hell, sit him on your knee, and say "once upon a time", you stop him hollering. As long as you go on telling him a story, he will listen. Novelists who neglect this fundamental effect do so at their peril. They become what is known as the experimental novelist, and an experimental novel is not really a novel at all.” ChildrenLongStoriesKnownNovelHellEffectsGoes OnFundamentalsKneesNovelistsNeglectPerilOnce Upon A Time Author:William Golding
“I worked at a group home for a survival job years ago, and kids who have a rough home life have always tugged at my heart-strings. I also care a lot about animal cruelty.” YearsHeartHomeCareKidsJobsAnimalGroupsMy HeartSurvivalYears AgoCrueltyStringsRoughAnimal CrueltyHome LifeHeart Strings Author:Mike Colter
“I don't practice yoga, but it's on my list of things to try again. I gave it a shot, but the class was too advanced for me, and I felt overwhelmed and a little embarrassed.” TryingLittlesFeltClassPracticeYogaShotsListsEmbarrassedOverwhelmedTry Again Author:Mike Colter
“Experimental novels are sometimes terribly clever and very seldom read. But the story that appeals to the child sitting on your knee is the one that satisfies the curiosity we all have about what happened then, and then, and then. This is the final restriction put on the technique of telling a story. A basic thing called story is built into the human condition. It's what we are; it's something to which we react.” HumansChildrenSometimesStoriesNovelHappenedConditionsSittingBuiltFinalsCuriosityTechniqueCleverAppealsKneesHuman ConditionRestrictionBasic Things Author:William Golding
“Love, for me, is always wanting the best for the other person even if it's not what's best for you.” IfsPersons Author:Mike Colter
“Biography always has fulfiled this role. Robinson Crusoe is a biography, as is Tom Jones. You can go through the whole range of the novel, and you will find it is biography. The only difference between one example and the other is that sometimes it's a partial biography and sometimes it's a total biography. Clarissa, for example, is a partial biography of Clarissa and a partial biography of Lovelace. In other words, it doesn't follow Lovelace from when he is in the cradle, though it takes him to the grave.” SometimesWholeDifferencesRolesNovelExampleGravesRangeTomsBiographiesCradleRobinson Crusoe Author:William Golding