Quotes of: C-s-lewis Keyword

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.

Iain Banks

I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.

Iain Banks

'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.

Iain Banks

The problem with at-home IQ tests is that too many people wouldn't understand the results. Calling customer service is a bad sign.

Iimani David

Think about it. Every time you fail at a task you've actually learned something new. The question is "what?

Iimani David

To protect themselves, the weak focus on the "bad" in people. Conversely, the strong, who fear little, focus on the "good".

Iimani David

Every human being has the duty to create one timeless thing in his or her lifetime.

Iimani David

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

Iris Johansen

I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.

Iris Johansen

After the children grew up, I began to focus on my writing. My first books were part of a trilogy... The 'Wind Dance' trilogy.

Iris Johansen

All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.

James Lane Allen

You can make your own way. It's about getting out there and not letting rejection get you down.

Jennifer Armentrout

I'm a bit more of a suspense reader on the adult side, but my favorites were the ones I grew up reading.

Jennifer Armentrout

Man's rise or fall, success or failure, happiness or unhappiness depends on his attitude ... a man's attitude will create the situation he imagines.

James Lane Allen

A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.

James Buchan

One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel.

James Buchan

It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it's not, it's a visa, and it runs out fast.

Julie Burchill

Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch of half-witted monarchs.

Julie Burchill

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.

Julie Burchill

Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing the tourist.

Julie Burchill

It gets kind of zen after awhile, life is a journey, time is a river, the door is ajar.

Jim Butcher