When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans. – Mario Batali
I dont see how poetry can ever be easy… Real poetry, the thick, dense, intense, complicated stuff that lives and endures, requires blood sweat; blood and sweat are essential elements in poetry as well as behind it. – Edward Abbey
I think Ive always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole shut up and smile theory. I havent ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried. – Amber Heard
I certainly did feel inferior. Because of class. Because of strength. Because of height. I guess if Id been able to hit somebody in the nose, I wouldnt have been a comic. – Dudley Moore
Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination – they dont conform to the reality thats around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress. – Kate Atkinson
