Ariel Atkins Quotes & Sayings

In 'Growing Stronger,' I expose my most painful moments and open my heart, thoughts and person, so that my experiences can inspire alleviation, consolation and decisiveness. — Thalia

Only Ron's dog was watching William. He considered that it had, for a dog, a very offensive and knowing look.
A couple of months ago someaone had tried to hand William the old story about there being a dog in the city that could talk. ( ... ) The dog in front of William didn't look as if it could talk, but it DID look as if it would swear. — Terry Pratchett

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups. — Matt Kuchar

Sometimes I see me dead in the rain. — J.D. Salinger

Success is measured by the journey, not by the result. — Norman Morrow

Being a murderer with a sensational but incomplete and unorthodox memory, I cannot tell you, ladies and gentlemen, the exact day which I first knew with certainty that the red convertible was following us. — Vladimir Nabokov

One can follow the sun, of course, but I have always thought that it is best to know some winter, too, so that the summer, when it arrives, is the more gratefully received. — Beatriz Williams

I began working with a family camera. It was called a Kodak Autographic, which was one of those things where you flopped it open and pulled out the bellows. And I've been at it ever since; I've never stopped. — Leonard Nimoy

No doctor knows everything. There's a reason why it's called "practising" medicine. — Anonymous

In place of an intensive cooperation among artists, there is a battle for goods. Hatred, partisanship, cliques, jealousy, and intrigues are the natural consequences of an aimless, materialist art. — Wassily Kandinsky

Weather is uncontrollable. Only the Lord above can control the weather. Whatever we get, we have to work with. — Maurice Greene

My father was a screenwriter, and I kind of grew up in that world. — Maria Semple