Oh, I just tend to believe in things when I'm writing them. For instance, when I was writing 'Doctor Dee,' I believed in magic. And when I wrote 'Hawksmoor' I believed in psychic geography. But as soon as I type the last full stop, I'm back to being a complete blank again. Peter Ackroyd
People didn't stop spending money, they just spent it on things that complement their PCs. Stephen Baker
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. William Feather
Right now in my career, it's like I'm having more fun than I've ever had, so it's kind of like, 'Man, I can't stop now.' Jennie Finch
Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, 'I've never seen anyone run like that before.' It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative. Steve Prefontaine
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.Napoleon Bonaparte
The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus. Dean Smith
The day I think about throwing the ball away at the beginning of a play, I should stop playing. Robert Griffin iii
The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top. O J Simpson
The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But... the good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'Martin Luther King
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.Albert Einstein
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.Mark Twain
The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine. The muse isn't hard to find, just hard to like - she follows you everywhere, tapping you on the shoulder, demanding that you stop doing whatever else you might be doing and pay attention to her. Harlan Coben
The NBA's chosen ones think I'm setting a bad example? I think they need to look around and stop taking themselves so seriously. Dennis Rodman
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are. Martha Beck
The transition was difficult. It's hard to stop something that you've enjoyed and that has been very rewarding. Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Then I would have an occasional cigarette and then I started back dipping. I started dipping last year. My family has asked me again to stop, and I'm trying my best to do that. Payne Stewart
We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs. Jared Diamond