Colm Toibin Quotes

There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

I am hoping to work with writers publishing books for first time, since I of course remember what that experience is like. It's all a bit of a mystery for new authors who don't know what to expect.

It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.

I once stood in the middle of New York city watching my name go round the electronic zipper sign in Times Square and I felt pretty thrilled, but not quite as thrilled as I felt when I saw my name in the 'Examiner' for the first time.

I remember when my mother, Shyamala Harris, bought our first home. I was thirteen. She was so proud, and my sister and I were so excited. Millions of Americans know that feeling of walking through the front door of their own home for the first time - the feeling of reaching for opportunity and finding it.

It takes a long time to publish a book.

When I get recognized, every time feels like the first time.

My first day of 'This Morning' was pretty wow, and I think that was just because it was a big huge deal for me. I'd always said 'This Morning' was my dream job so to actually get it and actually be standing there and saying 'Hello, welcome to 'This Morning'... ' that was a big moment.

I'm proud to be a hard working actress; it's what I've always loved to do and I'm so happy and proud to still be doing it.

You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.

When I found out I got this job, I cried, of course - I'm a girly-girl - and then I called my dad, and he cried, too. On so many levels, this is a thrill for me.

For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies.

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

There's nothing that can replace the feeling of winning.

Everybody writes a book too many.

The first time my friends saw me in a magazine I was so excited.

I'm just really proud of 'Dead Head Fred.'

I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.

So it's a source of fun and a source of pride to have been a part of this little movie that could.

Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.

Winning is an amazing feeling. You don't get that in business; you don't get that in many things.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

I've worked so hard for years, and it's just incredible to see my clothes in Dorothy Perkins. I got quite emotional at the launch.

I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment.