“The success that comes from my books is not something I feel very comfortable with. Past a certain point you have to accept the idea that the success is a lot to do with the timing and luck and that divorces you from it massively. There are aspects of it that I haven't got used to at all. But I've enjoyed some parts of it massively. It relates to the same reason I did a lot of backpacking partly for the experience it's something to tell my grandkids. It's a weird chain of events to have in your life.” FeelsBookIdeasReasonPastUsedCertainAcceptingEventsHavensComfortableAspectLuckDivorceChainsEnjoyedRelateTimingGrandkidsBackpackingChain Of Events Author:Alex Garland
“I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to make my readers think and debate and argue with each other and look at some aspect of the world or some act of governance or war or power and have an angle they haven't considered before, and that's something I strive for and hopefully have accomplished.” ThinkingWorldLooksWarPhilosophyBigsHavensParticularReaderConcernAspectStriveArguingDebateHopefullyAccomplishedPreachingAngleGovernanceBig Questions Author:George R. R. Martin
“I am transgender, so 'he' is not appropriate and 'she' is problematic. I haven't been one to wage war with society to force people to address me a certain way. I let people make that decision for themselves. I don't identify as a man, so 'he' is silly in a way. Being called 'she' as a trans person, trans in the sense that I'm trans, is to be honoured in an aspect of yourself.” PeopleMenWayPersonsWarCertainForceDecisionHavensAspectSillyAddressesAppropriateTransgenderTrans Author:Antony Hegarty
“I've always been a workout type guy. So if I'm feeling down or I'm not happy with something, I go to the gym and I get a shot of energy. If things don't go well in any aspect of my life, I'm going to the gym and I'm going to shoot. That's my one type of place that's a safe haven where I go and it's just me, the basketball and the hoop, and I'm just doing something I love to do.” IfsWellsFeelingsGuyEnergyHavensTypeSafeBasketballShotsAspectGymWorkoutNot HappySafe HavenFeeling Down Author:LaMarcus Aldridge
“There are definitely aspects of that kind of stuff. The whole team [of Legends of Tommorow] gets thrown together. They don't really know each other like that. They haven't worked together before.” KnowsKindWholeTogetherStuffTeamHavensAspectThrownLegends Author:Franz Drameh
“tried to focus on a particular aspect of this historical moment: the failure of mourning. This is something I haven't seen a great deal of in the writing around this disaster. And my view is that you write about disaster by writing around it, by writing allusively.” WritingMomentsViewsDealsFocusHavensParticularAspectHistoricalDisasterMourning Author:Teju Cole
“I haven't been sorting through each and every aspect of this. Here's what I know: Hillary Clinton was an outstanding Secretary of State. She would never intentionally put America in any kind of jeopardy.' Mr. Wallace pressed further on the jeopardy angle, and Mr. Obama responded again: 'I continue to believe that she has not jeopardized America's national security. Now what I've also said is that - and she has acknowledged - that there's a carelessness, in terms of managing emails...'"” KnowsBelieveKindSaidStatesAmericaTermSecurityHavensAspectClintonSecretaryAngleNational SecurityEmailOutstandingJeopardyCarelessnessSorting Author:Barack Obama
“Intelligence is that aspect of human cognition that we haven't managed to emulate yet.” HumansHavensAspectCognitionEmulate Author:Rob Lowe