“I've taken off two months, three months at a time, and, by the end, I get really squirrelly. My night life, my dream life, gets extremely populated and crazed.” TwoEndsDreamNightThreeTakenMonthsGet RealThree MonthsTwo MonthsIndolence Author:Stephen King
“In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of "normal" work. In my twenties some of my work for children was published by Macmillan. However, I was twenty-seven before my adult novel, The Birthgrave, was taken by DAW Books in the USA. This enabled me finally to stop doing stupid and soul-killing jobs, and start working day and night as a professional writer. It felt like a rescue from damnation, and still does.” WayShouldChildrenDoeStillsBookSoulFeelingsJobsNightWishFeltNovelTakenStupidNormalAdultsTwentiesSevenKillingHatedUsaUsualRescuePublishersDay And NightManuscriptsDamnationDrudgery Author:Tanith Lee
“And why do so many people wilfully exhaust their strength in promiscuous living, when their wives are on hand from bridal night till old age - to be taken when required, like fish from a private pond.” PeopleHandsAgeNightTakenWifeSeaRiversFishesOld AgeBoatLakesFishingPondsPromiscuousBridal Author:Ihara Saikaku
“I grew up in the South [USA states] under segregation. I know what terrorism feels like - when your father could be taken out in the middle of the night and lynched just because he didn't look like he was in an obeying frame of mind when a white person said something he must do. That's terrorism, too.” KnowsFeelsMindLooksPersonsSaidStatesNightFatherWhiteTakenMiddleGrewGrew UpSouthTerrorismUsaSegregationMiddle Of The NightObeyingFrame Of Mind Author:Alice Walker
“I love going to synagogue on Friday night and being swept in the melodies. Everyone seems more friendly and unburdened by the week and ready to be taken elsewhere.” SeemsNightTakenWeekReadyFriendlyMelodyElsewhereFridaySynagogueFriday Night Author:Erica Brown
“I have always taken the view that one should never hold against a man anything he says after twelve o'clock at night or after a glass or two of anything.” MenShouldTwoNightViewsTakenGlassesClockTwelve Book:Espresso Tales Source: Espresso Tales