For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.
I'm not much of a gym rat; I'd rather be running, but if it enables me to run faster, then I guess I can tough it out.
One way for investors to protect themselves from a rapid change in the price of a stock is to use a limit order rather than a market order.
Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which he's attached, to take away information - often in secret - and to translate that into intelligence for his masters, whether it's his readership or his spy masters. And I think that both professions are perhaps rather lonely.
I can't stand small babies. I would rather give birth to a kitten or a colt... a little pony.
I have major sleeping problems. I'd rather be up thinking about things than actually sleeping.
I expressed myself through hyperactivity and disruption. I wanted to play rather than study.
I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.
So high do these plants stand in the favour of the Chinese gardener, that he will cultivate them extensively, even against the wishes of his employer; and, in many instances, rather leave his situation than give up the growth of his favourite flower.
The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I'd rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.
A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum - the professional partisans, the unhinged activists and the paranoid conspiracy theorists. They're the people who always try to divide rather than unite us.
I'd rather live my life and do what I love and experience it. If I have some issues when I'm older, I mean, that's the cost of living a fantastic life.
I don't particularly like being angry about stuff. I'd rather hang out with my daughter and write my little books.
For me, acting is a series of impressions rather than trying to find one line through to the end, which risks becoming more of a presentation.
I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.
I never considered the clothing business in college. But my father was a manufacturer of men's wear in the Northeast and wanted to investigate manufacturing in Asia. In 1972 he sent me to Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong for four months. I'm convinced it was his way of getting me into business, rather than letting me be a hippie.
We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.
I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a bogey rather than shooting for an eagle.
I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.
Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?
I sometimes see People On The Internet decrying work-in-progress tweets and posts as worthless. 'Measuring output by quantity rather than quality is dangerous,' they say. 'More work doesn't mean better work!'
I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly.
Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.
I don't want to sit and cry for an hour in a movie. I'd rather have an action or a comedy.
As a veteran of the diet wars, I think it's time to call a truce. Rather than hear experts argue, most people want practical information they can use.
I would rather be known as 'Jim Kolbe, the trade expert in Congress who happens to be gay,' rather than 'Jim Kolbe, gay congressman from Arizona.'
I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a gentle breeze of responsibility rather than blow me down with a curtain of hot wind.
I'm quite looking forward to the fact that people know me as Richard rather than Craig.
A lot of times in movies, especially in sequels, the characters become caricatures and just sort of improv machines and joke machines, rather than people you can actually connect to.
And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it.
I would rather exercise than read a newspaper.
I'd rather do movies 'cause I am better at movies, but I do shows 'cause the opportunities have come forward.
Democrats believe they can win at the ballot box by obstructing, and they would rather win the next election than move America forward.
It is rather hard to be accused of shiftlessness and idleness when the accuser closes the avenue of labour and industrial pursuits to us.
