“My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.” MenWritingCharacterMotherFatherParentNiceReaderGentleSupportiveColorfulNice Man Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader expectations as necessary evils. It's probably not as stressful as mining coal or leading men into battle.” MenJobsEvilAcceptingReaderBattleLuckyExpectationsPressureCoalRelentlessStressfulDeadlineMiningNecessary Evil Author:Grant Morrison
“Should a writer single out and point his raillery at particular persons, or satirize the miserable, he might be sure of pleasing a great part of his readers, but must be a very ill man if he could please himself.” IfsMenShouldPersonsMightParticularReaderPleaseIllMiserableSatire Author:Joseph Addison
“Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress?” MenProgressWrittenReaderMerePilgrimRobinson Crusoe Author:Samuel Johnson