Usually, historical revelations come from days of legwork, ploughing through piles of letters and papers in archives or even private homes, looking for the telling phrase or letter that someone else has missed. – Kate Williams
I took all of my rejection letters – there must have been thousands of them in a huge box – and I went out on the curb and burned them all, crying. – Janet Evanovich
When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they’ be censored. We were a very insular little family. – Maya Lin
What I tend to get from America is very enthusiastic letters and e-mail from librarians and schoolteachers, the gatekeepers, though I hesitate to use that word. I’ve never been a huge seller. – Kate Thompson
Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously. – Kerry Thornley
All forms of contact are good: letters, parcels, e-mails – I’ve been trying to get a Webcam for my computer, but I’m such a Luddite. – Rose Byrne
I have a file of letters and bits of ephemera from friends who have died. I have had lots of friends who died of AIDS. – Rachel Maddow
Most well-known serial killers have victims numbering in the dozens, have sent taunting letters to the police or have done bizarre things to the bodies. – Pat Brown
I used to get an awful lot of letters, and they have almost all gone. I used to answer nearly all of them. – Ruth Rendell
I’ve got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making ‘Kingdom of Heaven.’ – Ridley Scott
I get letters and messages on Twitter saying I’ve become a bit of a role model, which is wonderful. – Russell Tovey
After reviewing the polygraph charts in private, the polygraph examiner told me that I had passed and that he believed I had nothing to do with the anthrax letters. – Steven Hatfill
The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant. – Samuel Richardson
Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett’s stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters. – Sam Wyly
I lived in Calcutta for five months in 1999. While I was there, I read many journals, diaries, collections of letters and histories. – Susanna Moore
