Jackie Robinson is a true legend.
Finally, I drew in a long breath. It was noisy and painful and just heaven.
Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.
My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.
My mother finally took me to a child psychologist, who knew exactly what I was, but she just couldn’t accept it and kept trying to tell my folks I was reading their body language and was very observant, so I had good reason to imagine I heard people’s thoughts. Of course, she couldn’t admit I was literally hearing people’s thoughts because that just didn’t fit into her world.
Sometimes you just have to regret things and move on.
Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.
There are two schools of thought. A manager would tell you that must make them realize you're a dedicated actor and I took a totally different route than that. I never ever took myself seriously.
Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire.
Thus I spoke, more and more softly; for I was afraid of my own thoughts and the thoughts behind my thoughts.
I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.