Like many kids, I used to pretend all sorts of things. I would

climb into a tree and imagine that I was on an island, that the grass below we was an ocean, that the leaves were the fins of sharks. Perhaps unlike many people, I never really stopped. I still have a childlike predisposition to fantasise and share my fantasies.
Mohsin Hamid

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.
Natalie Goldberg

One day when I was 8 years old, everyone was talking in hushed tones about a great scientist that had just died. His name was Albert Einstein.
Michio Kaku

I still dance, probably three times a week, unless I'm working on a crazy job, and then I just don't have any free time at all.
Summer Glau

I did play Jesus in 'Godspell,' in high school, because I guess I'm a nerd.
Jessica Pare

Everyone's quick to blame the alien.
Aeschylus

I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong.
Billy Tauzin

Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture.
Albert J. Nock

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?
Hilary Swank

Yeah, I'm running for the White House again. Well, it's not a run, really; it's sort of a brisk walk.
Pat Paulsen