“I am called to listen to the sound of my own heart -- to write the story within myself that demands to be told at that particular point in my life. And if I do this faithfully, clothing that idea in the flesh of human experience and setting it in a true place, the sound from my heart will resound in the reader's heart.” IfsWritingHumansHeartIdeasStoriesSoundMy OwnParticularReaderMy HeartDemandFleshSettingSettingsClothingsHuman Experience Author:Katherine Paterson
“I usually need a lot of time to be completely alone with the particular piece, the composer, and the instrument. I also prefer a very quiet atmosphere, and I usually choose pieces that are very close to my personality, my heart. I think the audience can feel it.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsHeartAudiencePiecesParticularPersonalityMy HeartQuietInstrumentsAtmosphereComposer Author:Rafal Blechacz
“But I give best when I give from that deeper place; when I give simply, freely and generously, and sometimes for no particular reason. I give best when I give from my heart.” GivingHeartSometimesReasonParticularMy HeartDeeper Author:Steve Goodier
“I'm not religious in the sense that I do not subscribe to any particular set of religious dogma. I don't go to church. I don't read the Bible. But I believe that the word "Spirit" with a capital S points to an ultimate reality which I give my heart to.” GivingBelieveHeartRealitySpiritI BelieveChurchReligiousParticularMy HeartUltimateDogmaUltimate RealityReligious Dogma Author:Frederick Buechner
“If there's a great story and great characters, then I can love a film in any genre, though crime thrillers and sci-fi have a particular soft spot in my heart.” IfsHeartI CanCharacterStoriesFilmCrimeParticularMy HeartSpotsGenreSci FiThrillersGreat Character Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“'We Were the Mulvaneys' is perhaps the novel closest to my heart. I think of it as a valentine to a passing way of American life, and to my own particular child - and girlhood in upstate New York. Everyone in the novel is enormously close to me, including Marianne's cat, Muffin, who was in fact my own cat.” ThinkingWayHeartChildrenFactsMy OwnNovelNew YorkParticularMy HeartCatIncludingPassingPassingsClosestValentineAmerican LifeGirlhoodMuffinsUpstate New York Author:Joyce Carol Oates