All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And also, the short stories of Updike, Cheever, Munro, Alice Adams, and Doris Lessing. And the plays of Oscar Wilde. And paintings by Alice Neel and Matisse.
I've never been a sunny personality. I've never been outgoing. I'm a solitary person.
Working on 'Outlander' has been a delight, it really has. I had kind of forgotten what Scotland was like, and I'd turned into a bit of a Londoner.
People have been trying to make a two-hour feature film of 'Outlander' for years and years and years.
I've always been an outsider to some extent.
I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.
I have never been one for the over-the-top.
I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.
I've been working a lot with Dick Smith on overpopulation.
Never has a material been as overrated as leather.
'Jolene' has been very popular all of these years, even overseas.
The values of WikiLeaks have been completely overshadowed by Julian Assange.
Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.
I've been overweight all my life.
Repatriating the Ram HD is the right thing to do... it should never have been moved to Mexico. This was owed to the U.S. government - and the taxpayers.
I've always been a night owl.
The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.
I have always been structured. What has changed is the proportions. Now it is eight hours of paperwork and one of painting.
