It's very inconvenient because every time I finish, let's say, a chapter of a book, I think I'm going to ring Richard and then realize:... →
Peter O'Toole
We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military... →
It is time for me to chuck in the sponge. To retire from films and stage. The heart for it has gone out of me: it won't come back.
I think it's kind of difficult to write a good Christmas song because you have a narrow framework of references that you have to work within, and... →
John Oates
When my song came on the radio for the first time, that was one of the heaviest things I remember.
I don't care if it's a Cole Porter song, or George Gershwin, or Lennon/McCartney, or Elton John, or you know, whoever, Bob Dylan. Great songs... →
Once you've made a record, you don't need to make it again. It's done, and it's out there forever, a moment in time that encapsulates... →
Mark Twain was very unhappy with himself for various reasons. He was very unhappy with America of this time. He thought it was terrible we had no... →
Joyce Carol Oates
'A Fair Maiden' existed in notes and sketches for perhaps a year. When I traveled, I would take along with me my folder of notes - 'ideas... →
When I wrote 'We Were The Mulvaneys,' I was just old enough to look back upon my own family life and the lies of certain individuals close to... →