Arrillaga Alumni Quotes

#1. I think fiction writers should work. If you have a job and are not living off advances or grants, you never have to make concessions in your writing, ever.

Hanya Yanagihara

#2. Hortense and Berthe nodded, as though profoundly impressed by the wisdom of their mother's pronouncements. She had long since convinced them of the absolute inferiority of men, whose sole function was to marry and to pay.

Emile Zola

#3. Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

William Jennings Bryan

#4. Never do for someone what they can do for themselves.

Saul Alinsky

#5. I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell's version of "A Case of You." My mom was a huge Joni Mitchell fan.

Cheyenne Jackson

#6. I'm a bit suspicious of people who are narrow in their musical tastes.

Steven Hall

#7. Before you judge me , try hard to love me , look within your heart
Then ask , - have you seen my childhood ?

Michael Jackson

#8. I put the charm bracelet away in the purse and return it to my jewel case. I don't need a spell to foresee the future; I am going to make it happen.

Philippa Gregory

#9. Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level.

John Cleese

#10. He struggles to make sense of it
all this love, so bent out of shape, refracted, like light through the lens ...

M.L. Stedman

#11. Let all thy joys be as the month of May.

Francis Quarles

#12. When we're married, can we go to the ocean? I've never been

Maggie Stiefvater