John Niven Quotes

I don't do sports, and my idea of hell is being dragged around ruins/museums/famous buildings, so I guess I'm a beach bum.

John Niven

Quotes to Explore

Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.

Laura Benanti
- Want
- Like
- Musicals
My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.

Aaron Neville
- Brothers
- Park
- Bench
I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to explain why not, as it's possibly no different from saying you don't eat gourmet dinners or play tennis while you're at the keyboard.

Rachel Kushner
- Music
- Different
- Why
Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.

Ramez Naam
- Good
- Hunting
- Fish
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

Walt Whitman
- Great
- You
- Learning
Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.

Rachel Bilson
- Kids
- Hope
- Future