Boris Lermontov Quotes & Sayings

He wanted pain, I saw that in him, and what a man wants he will often manage to find. — Alice Hoffman

Her lack of maidenly scruple would have amused me at another moment, but just now her face was so grimly determined that I could only wonder what she had in mind. Nothing could have been less seductive, anyway, than her expression at that moment. — Elizabeth Kostova

Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then just sort of follow them around through the narrative. I think that these writers are out of their minds. — Chelsea Cain

When I closed THE GRAPES OF WRATH, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than when I went in. And the more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are. — Nelson Mandela

Reforms are slow, but they never go backward. — Belva Ann Lockwood

I think we should be able to work until we want to stop, which is what I'm going to have to do. — Laurence Fox