‘Britain’s Royal Families’ became my first published book, in 1989, from The Bodley Head, and the rest of the story is – dare I say it? – history! – Alison Weir
When you look out the window of a spaceship, you see entire countries, vast swaths of continents. One turn of the head covers what once took thousands of years to traverse at ground level. – Chris Hadfield
One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It’s why he found shooting on set boring – because he had already composed the film in his head. – Camille Paglia
I’ve got lots and lots planned out, and other ideas knocking around in my head, too. I’m kind of an obsessive pre-planner, so I have a lot of material. – Caitlin Kittredge
If I go to a seminar and someone like you or someone like him is talking, I’m never part of the group that rushes him directly afterward. I always wait in the back corner with my head down until everyone is gone, and then I go up and do my thing. – Arthur Godfrey
So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I’ve got the ideas in my head, it’s getting them properly on paper. – Bruce Boxleitner
I like to read away as much of the afternoon as possible, until real life rears its ugly head. – Anne Lamott
We stuck the record head so it kept on recording over and over on top of itself and played keyboard notes into it to create this ghost repetition melody. – Colin Greenwood
I never meant to be a full-time poet: I started out as a gardener, an ideal job for a poet because your head is left free. – Alice Oswald
In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head. – Adam Weishaupt
I’ve always wondered what it would be like if somebody from outer space landed with three heads. Then all of a sudden everybody else wouldn’t look so bad, huh? Well, OK you’re a little different from me but, hey, ya got one head. – Cyndi Lauper
My buddy tells me a lot of interesting stories about what goes on in prison – it just makes my head spin about what they deal with on a day-to-day basis. – Aaron Douglas
Age doesn’t mean anything. Its all in your head. Men get sexier with age. They also get wiser and get experienced. – Arjun Rampal
I’m the gypsy man. I don’t really live anywhere. I’ve got a roof over my head in Los Angeles, and I’ve got a lot of friends everywhere. – Alex Pettyfer
I discovered about 150 dots is the minimum number of dots to make a specific recognizable person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won’t be able to give much information about who it is. – Chuck Close
I used to change things in my early paintings to get the nuance or feeling I wanted, but now I plan everything in my head before I do it. – Cy Twombly
The best place for puffin watching is Sumburgh Head, at the south end of the Shetland mainland. There used to be a lighthouse there, but it’s now a visitor centre and gallery; they run a webcam, so you can check on the puffins in advance. – Ann Cleeves
Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking ‘hot’ which can be stressful and put you in your head. – Caity Lotz
I was always such a people-watcher. I would sit on street corners alone and watch people and make up stories about them in my head. Then, all of a sudden, I was the one being watched. – Alanis Morissette
I’m not one to think of burying my head in the sand – I’ve always been a positive person and still am now. – Bastian Schweinsteiger
At the end of the competition, I played the Liszt concerto and I felt my head was on the block. Well, I won. – Andre Boucourechliev
In the second grade, I would just get bored and a joke would pop into my head and I would have to say it. It was almost like I had some brilliant novel in my head that I had to get down, and I would interrupt class all the time and get in trouble. – Anthony Jeselnik
When I look back at many of the moments of wonder, awe, or terror that I’ve got from science fiction, it’s often been because I’ve been put in the head of one of the characters. – Alastair Reynolds
Every now and then I hear voices in my head, but not very clear. I can’t understand what they are saying. It’s a mental illness. I have been diagnosed as a manic depressive. – Brian Wilson
Stand-ups are always good to see on YouTube. There’s a guy named Mike Head who lives in Cleveland. He’s great. He’s an African-American stand-up. – Allison Jones