Geoff Dyer Quotes
The more you covet something, the more certain it is that you’ll lose it, and the more devastating the loss will be when it happens-which it will. (p. 216).
Quotes to Explore
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Islam is antiauthoritarian, sex-positive monotheism.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I'm very lucky. I had a great childhood.
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I remember when President Bush, George W. Bush, came into office, he focused on No Child Left Behind, and with - and before very long, suddenly, Republicans were thought of as being as interested and as competent in education as Democrats, and why? Because they were talking about it and doing something about it.
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I'm the one in the band that said I'm not going on tour unless we do a record.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.
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I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.
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I'm the kind of guy who really likes a challenge. It's more rewarding.
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Some things are very low profile, but if they excite me creatively, I accept them. Sometimes there are high-profile projects, and you have to do it. We all have human limitations. It is a painful decision to turn things down. Even accepting 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a decision that I had to sacrifice another project.
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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
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Fame is definitely a monster: it can suck you in and spit you out and change you. The biggest challenge is to remain yourself regardless of what people say about you.
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I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.
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Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.
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There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.
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Every time I go on stage, it's like a first date. I put on my best clothes, shave, and get as handsome as I can. Then I say the cutest things I know to say, and I become the very best Bill Medley I can be because I want to win my date over. My audience is the date that I want to impress every time.
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I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.
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A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
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I don't think there are really enough meetings in Britain for our athletes to compete properly, and because of this a lot of the talent we have has been stunted.
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Passion of any sort is seldom governed by the rules of etiquette.
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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I went to theater school where there is a lot of holding each other's faces and crying, and a lot of kid gloves.
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The more you covet something, the more certain it is that you’ll lose it, and the more devastating the loss will be when it happens-which it will. (p. 216).
