“I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer
Source: The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills (1952)
Source: The Awakening
“I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.”
William Saroyan (1908–1981) American writer
Source: The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills (1952)
“I believe that we do not know anything for certain, but everything probably.”
Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher
Letter to Pierre Perrault, 'Sur la préface de M. Perrault de son traité de l'Origine des fontaines' (1673), Oeuvres Complètes de Christiaan Huygens http://books.google.com/books?id=9IVA7sK_Bh8C (1897), Vol. 7, 298. Quoted in Jacques Roger, The Life Sciences in Eighteenth-Century French Thought, ed. Keith R. Benson and trans. Robert Ellrich (1997), 163
“I just thought you'd like to know I can read. You got anything needs readin' I can do it.”
Harper Lee book To Kill a Mockingbird
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“I can't stand just sitting here not doing anything. You can't solve a problem by remote control.”
Lisa Scottoline (1955) American writer
Source: Every Fifteen Minutes
Thuy Trang (1973–2001) Vietnamese actress (1973-2001)
Thuy Trang Interview (Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Stars) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwNZAqDAFng&t=54s&ab_channel=DietColaTime (1995)
“I don't believe in anything. I'm just here for the violence.”
Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
Source: Wall and Piece
“Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.”
Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist
Source: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Sunisa Lee (2003) American artistic gymnast; first Hmong American Olympic gold medalist
Source: "Sunisa Lee Says She's 'Going to Delete Twitter' So She Can Focus on Preparing for Beam Final" in People (1 August 2021) https://people.com/sports/tokyo-olympics-sunisa-lee-going-to-delete-twitter-focus-preparing-beam-final/