“I watched my life as if it were happening to someone else. My son died. And I was hurt, but I watched my hurt, and even relished it, a little, for now I could write a real death, a true loss. My heart was broken by my dark lady, and I wept, in my room, alone; but while I wept, somewhere inside I smiled.” IfsWritingHeartLittlesRealHurtDarkLossRoomsSonBrokenMy HeartHappeningsDiedMy SonI Was Hurt Author:Neil Gaiman
“I admire David Hare as much as I admire certainly any writer ever. What I like about his writing is it is very conscientiously, in one way, an attempt to reproduce the way people actually speak, but it's not just an attempt at naturalism. It's stylised and it's heightened, to great effect. It's elegant and it's funny and that's the way to my heart, frankly.” PeopleWayWritingHeartSpeakEffectsMy HeartAdmireOne WayElegantNaturalismHares Author:Bill Nighy
“Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, "I am not a crook." Jimmy Carter says, "I have lusted after women in my heart." President Reagan says, "I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope."” ThinkingWritingHeartPresidentTakenMy HeartTestsJimmyCarterDopeCrooksPresident Reagan Author:Art Buchwald