Klose Capsule Quotes & Sayings

Visiting Specialty Books was like living in an episode of Extreme Hoarders: Bibliophiles. — Molly Harper

My best pick-up line is My name is Hugh Hefner. — Hugh Hefner

It's easy to find surface goals and stakes (to save the word, to stop the bad guy, save a life), but you often find that those aren't deep enough to help you create the plot. You run out of problems for the protagonist to tackle pretty quickly. The trick is to find the personal stakes and then work from there to determine the goals. People act when they want to (something to gain) or have to (something to lose). Personal — Chris Eboch

The first time I went to Fenway Park was probably 1950. It was the early '50s, and it was my father taking me to the game. — Mike Barnicle

This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are. — Jane Elliott

A publishing house is a fragile organism, dear sir," he says. "If at any point something goes askew, then the disorder spreads, chaos opens beneath our feet. Forgive me, won't you? When I think about it I have an attack of vertigo." And he covers his eyes, as if pursued by the sight of billions of pages, lines, words, whirling in a dust storm. — Italo Calvino

The mistake the two of us made,' I said, 'was that we skimped the foreplay. I'm not blaming you, it was as much my fault as yours, but it was a fault nonetheless. — J.M. Coetzee

It is strange how often a heart must be broken
Before the years can make it wise. — Sara Teasdale

God, I love John Cassavetes. — Angela Sarafyan

We're connected to God through faith and Satan through fear. — Robert Hood

When I'm done playing football, I just might be the couch potato dad. — Troy Polamalu

Everybody ticks differently, but family is very important for me. — Curtis Joseph