Eggen Weed Quotes

#1. But-! I say! The common conventions of humanity-'
'Are all very well for common people.

H.G.Wells

#2. Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the same time as creating our fictional characters and, hopefully, telling a good story. The challenge is weaving the fiction into the history.

Edward Rutherfurd

#3. Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing.

Carol Burnett

#4. The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.

Lucinda Williams

#5. And for a while they were happy in their own manner; they had the animal confidence money affords.

Douglas Coupland

#6. We have broken the shackles of conservative socialism. The growing middle classes want the kind of standard of living you enjoy in the West. So what I'm selling is a lifestyle.

Vijay Mallya

#7. I just decided that I didn't want to be in the academic world, because it was [really] too easy for me at the top. But also it wasn't active enough for me.

Betty Friedan