M. John Harrison Quotes
Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.M. John Harrison
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You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.
Oliver Stone -
I never feel insecure when there are two female leads.
Rakul Preet Singh -
So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress.
Malcolm Wallop -
Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
C. V. Raman -
In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
Carl Hagelin -
New Yorkers - the people are so honest. If you're sucking on stage, they'll let you know.
Zach Anner
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
Fiona Apple -
My mum made me feel if I wanted to become prime minister, I could do it.
Hannah Ware -
I went to law school with a plan of going back home and practicing law to support my farming, and Dad said, 'There's just not room here for us.' So I took off to practice law and got involved in some politics, and the rest just moved on forward.
Sam Brownback -
I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
Larry Wilmore -
Dad was an amazing storyteller and illustrator, which he did in his spare time - very inspiring and dramatic.
Bat for Lashes -
Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.
Malcolm Turnbull
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All of a sudden I discovered that I'm allergic to caviar. It was the perfect metaphor for my life. When I was only able to afford bad caviar, I could certainly eat my fill of it.
Larry David -
Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
Gail Collins -
I never had one beer. If I bought a six-pack of beer, I kept drinking till all six beers were gone. You have to have that kind of understanding about yourself. I haven't had a drink now in 12 years.
Samuel L. Jackson -
The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
Damon Albarn Blur -
In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him.
Zach Wamp -
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
Warren Buffett
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It is the responsibility of all the Sudanese, especially the political leaders and the media, to strengthen social cohesion through the proper understanding of the dynamics of unity, if they really want our country to remain united.
Salva Kiir Mayardit -
There are deaths in public places on the grounds that the victim is gay.
Ian Mckellen -
You can be still and still moving. Content even in your discontent.
Ram Dass -
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.
Lynn Abbey -
To be a writer was always my greatest aim. I remember writing a play about Guy Fawkes when I was 10. I suppose it's significant, at least to me, that my first work should be about a historical figure.
Peter Ackroyd -
Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.
M. John Harrison