“What is poetry? Do not enquire. The secret dies by prying. How does the heart beat? I fainted when I saw it on the screen, opening and closing like a flower ... Poetry is like this, it is life moving, terrible, vivid. Look the other way when you write, or you might faint.” WayWritingLooksHeartDoeMightMovingPoetryDiesSecretSawsFlowerTerribleBeatsScreensOpeningPoetry IsVividClosingHeart BeatWhat Is Poetry Author:Elizabeth Smart
“Because I've been around forever and ever, like wallpaper, people ask me for secrets... it's the same with my skin care range; that's out of necessity. As soon as I saw the first signs, I bought everything in the market.” PeopleFirstsCareAsksSecretForeverSawsSkinsRangeAsk MeSkin Care Author:Lulu
“I saw an advertisement the other day for the secret of life. It said "The secret of life can be yours for twenty-five shillings. Sent to Secret of Life Institute, Willesden." So I wrote away, seemed a good bargain, secret of life, twenty-five shillings. And I got a letter back saying, "If you think you can get the secret of life for twenty-five shillings, you don't deserve to have it. Send fifty shillings for the secret of life."” IfsThinkingSaidSecretFiveSawsDeserveLettersTwentiesFiftyBargainsInstituteTwenty FiveAdvertisementsSecret Life Author:Peter Cook
“My ideal world was the early days of Twitter, where everyone was curious about each other and everyone saw it as kind of a window into people's lives where we could be compassionate and curious and empathetic and we could tell each other secrets.” PeopleWorldKindSecretSawsIdealsWindowCuriousCompassionateEmpatheticIdeal World Author:Jon Ronson
“I'd been assured, at age 21 or so, by a well-known editor who saw the first part of The Secret History in what was basically its final form, that it would never be published because "no woman has ever written a successful novel from a male point of view."” FirstsWellsAgeFormViewsSecretKnownNovelSuccessfulSawsWrittenMalesFinalsPoint Of ViewEditorsWell KnownAssured Author:Donna Tartt