“There aren't that many people who have written seven-book series, taken them 17 years. Actually finishing was (the) most remarkable feeling I've ever had. (I) couldn't tell you which was uppermost - euphoria or feeling devastated.” PeopleYearsBookFeelingsTakenWrittenSeriesSevenRemarkableFinishingDevastatedEuphoria Author:J. K. Rowling
“Raeder, the political admiral, stealthily built up the German Navy in defiance of the Versailles Treaty, and then put it to use in a series of aggressions which he had taken a leading part in planning.” UsePoliticalTakenBuiltSeriesPlanningAggressionNavyDefianceTreatiesAdmiralVersailles Author:Erich Raeder
“I started to write a series of fantasy novels when I was eleven. I have never taken anything artistic as seriously; since then, writing has felt like an attempt to get back there, to my bedroom, my maps, those races and languages and runes.” WritingLanguageFeltRaceFantasyNovelTakenSeriesArtisticMapsGet BackBedroomElevenRunesFantasy Novels Author:Ken Baumann
“I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air.” ThinkingLongWould BeSpaceRaceTakenAirSeriesGladCongoWhisperingSpace Race Author:Audie Murphy
“The man who has successfully solved the problem of his relations with the two worlds of data and symbols is a man who has no beliefs. With regard to the problems of practical life he entertains a series of working hypotheses, which serve his purposes, but are taken no more seriously than any other kind of tool or instrument. In other words, symbols should never be raised to the rank of dogmas, nor should any system be regarded as more than a provisional convenience.” MenWorldShouldKindTwoProblemPurposeBeliefTakenHe ManToolsRelationRegardInstrumentsSeriesRaisedPracticalsSymbolsDataDogmaHypothesisConvenienceTwo WorldsPractical Life Author:Aldous Huxley
“Any dramatic series the producers want us to take seriously as a representationof contemporary reality cannot be taken seriously as a representation ofanything - except a show to be ignored by anyone capable of sitting uprightin a chair and chewing gum simultaneously.” WantShowsRealityTakenCapableSittingSeriesContemporaryProducersDramaticChairsRepresentationIgnoredWant UGumChewingChewing Gum Author:Richard Schickel