My son is a Liverpool fan, and he was already kicking a ball before he was one. He was born in the football city; he had no choice. Fernando Torres
Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed; that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly. Michael Chabon
I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful. Paul Gascoigne
A lot of people have difficulty wrapping their heads around what VR is good for. And the direction people go first is wrong. The wrong place is always: How can we do something we've done before, but on this? Freddie Wong
I get terrible butterflies. Before I go onstage, I'll have to freak out for five minutes. I scream. It seems to help! Josh Groban
It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered. Michael Harrington
I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible. Robert Benton
It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. Isaac D'Israeli
Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health. Stephen Furst
Lotta people don't realize when you grow up with people, you have an affinity, a relationship you don't get with anyone else. After you're twenty years old, anyone you meet after that, it's different from the people you knew before. Joseph Jarman
Before the day my grandmother shared her treasured letters with me, I honestly wasn't much of a fiction reader, let alone creative writer. Kristina McMorris