- Architecture
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- Nov 07, 2020
My Own Quotes
Owning it, good and bad.
Several of these are about carving out space to do things your own way after finishing a long chapter of work. For more first-person lines, see our I Am quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't need music to write, but sometimes I put music on. I don't need special clothes or even my own equipment.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
In modern novels, there is no one I want to copy. My style 'is a poor thing, but it is my own.'
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I longed from a tiny child to get away on my own. When I was five, I walked out along the sands from Redcar, nearly all the way to Hartlepool.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although we have do not have adequate access to all parts of Darfur we do fortunately have humanitarian personnel, including staff from my own office, in each of the three provincial capitals of Darfur.
- Deep Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew deep down that I was going to have my little girl, even if I had to raise her on my own, which is what I did.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have to have some of my voice because I have my own experiences that I lived through.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't been that great at attending my own openings. Still, I'm learning to enjoy this a lot more than I used to.
- Gym
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- Nov 07, 2020
Going to the gym on my own I struggle with, but when I'm in there with a teammate or a group of guys, it's the ultimate environment.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
None of the editors I've worked with have ever asked me to pull my punches. They've never asked me to give them anything other than my own interpretation of events.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a huge comic book collector. When I was a kid, I had both Marvel and DC. I was my own librarian. I made card files. I had origin stories of all the characters, and cross-referenced when they appeared in other comic books. I was full on.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I thought if I don't pre-interview - first of all, we couldn't afford it - but the second thing was it would force me to do my own research, which takes two weeks.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020