John Niven Quotes
There are some sentences you cannot see yourself ever writing. 'I heartily endorse the Conservative Party' would be one. 'I look forward to Justin Bieber's new record' would be another.
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I guess I went into journalism to save the world. I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.
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I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.
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I don't regret what I did in the Sixties. I was young and took myself terribly seriously. In the Seventies, I spent too much time in inner-party factional disputes.
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The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
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Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.
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I like writing flawed women, and being one, it's something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.
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One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
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Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
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I'm basically a know-it-all, and I'm writing a book about it. I want it to be called 'Danson on Water' and have me on the cover in this Christlike pose, standing on the water.
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If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.
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I was going to try to get into the creative writing program at Berkeley; it's just that the acting thing worked out.
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When I'm writing, I'm just in it and trying to figure out what seems best.
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Writing is a solitary journey, so I am always excited to go out on book tour and meet readers one-on-one.
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So I am, in fact, very optimistic about the future of my federal party.
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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
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There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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I love writing songs. I love doing my radio show and talking to the fans and listening to what they have to say, but there's a certain responsibility that comes along with being given the gift of music. I take that seriously, but at the same time I try to use it to do something that makes a difference in a positive way.
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In 1925, when Britain went back to the gold standard, that was supported by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Bank of England, the civil service, the CBI, the TUC, the Times, the Economist; that consensus was very strong.
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One of my favorite memories was one time Prince picked me up and said we were going to Michael Jordan's birthday party.
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I started teaching myself guitar because I loved singing so much. Then one day kind of out of the blue I found I was writing a song. It just happened organically.
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Be grateful as your deeds become less and less associated with your name, as your feet ever more lightly tread the earth.
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The unvarnished truth is that almost all the people you meet feel themselves superior to you in some way, and a sure way to their hearts is to let them realize in some subtle way that you recognize their importance, and recognize it sincerely.
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I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.
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There are some sentences you cannot see yourself ever writing. 'I heartily endorse the Conservative Party' would be one. 'I look forward to Justin Bieber's new record' would be another.
