Peter Turchi Quotes

#1. I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.

Ian Hamilton Finlay

#2. Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself.

Iris Apfel

#3. I always thought I was going to be on the other side of the camera. That's where I found myself. I found out that I could write when I was 17, right before you go to college, so it was a passion of mine.

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

#4. [Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV.

Horace Walpole

#5. A lot of secular, modern people claim to be disillusioned whenever they learn that any smart person is religious. That's applicable to Newton as it is to any other religious smart person

Neal Stephenson

#6. Most writers I know move back and forth between the rational and the intuitive, though there are some who approach writing very rationally, and others who claim not to think their work through.

Peter Turchi

#7. However it happens, the appeal of the books we return to is often, at least in part, a fascination with what we can't quite reach.

Peter Turchi

#8. To ask for a map is to say, "Tell me a story."

Peter Turchi

#9. Every night I give a violin recital for six hours, and attendance is mandatory. The word 'mandatory' means that if you don't show up, you have to buy me a large bag of candy and watch me eat it.

Lemony Snicket

#10. May everybody get whatever good they wish for!

Shon Mehta

#11. The books [and games] that give us the most pleasure combine uncertainty and satisfaction, tension and release.

Peter Turchi

#12. You can tell when people are truly happy.
their energy is genuine.

Alexandra Elle

#13. You can learn all sorts of rules and techniques of writing and still not be able to assemble something beautiful or enchanting.

Peter Turchi