Generally, literary prizes are significant not for who the winner is but the discussion they create around books.
Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.
I don't live a lie. You have to understand that people who choose not to discuss their personal lives are not living a lie. That is a presumption that people jump to.
I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.
I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things.
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
Pakistan’s foreign policy should be discussed on the floor of the Parliament, not behind closed doors.
Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.
This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
I've really written my books for my husband and our family. They've brought us closer together by allowing us to discuss things that were unspoken for so long.
I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
I know I will be breaking a taboo. But I'm sure that it will provoke a new discussion. It's time things change. I feel 30 and want to look that way again.
And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally.
In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space.
Retire at various times into the solitude of your own heart, even while outwardly engaged in discussions or transactions with others, and talk to God.
You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.
If people want capital gains taxed more like the highest rate on income, that's a good discussion. Maybe that's the way to help close the deficit.
I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.
