Harry Mathews Quotes

I think situations are more important than plot and character.

Harry Mathews

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• I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.

  

  Larisa Oleynik
  • Life
  • Pretty
  • Now

• If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Beautiful
  • Small
  • Unique

• Try letting a Kindle protect your heart from sniper fire!

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • Heart
  • Fire
  • Try

• The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.

  

  Adam Dell
  • People
  • Up
  • Great

• The lovers of romance can go elsewhere for satisfaction but where can the lovers of truth turn if not to history?

  

  Katharine Anthony
  • Truth
  • History
  • Satisfaction

• I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.

  

  Karl Pilkington
  • Good
  • Work
  • Money

• I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.

  

  Sally Quinn
  • Time
  • Women
  • Power

• 'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Great
  • Expectations
  • Become

• The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • People
  • Want
  • Society

• The Internet was supposed to allow anyone to set up a web page and share their knowledge with the world. But in practice, it's too difficult and takes too long, and almost no one does it.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • Up
  • World
  • Long

• Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Believe
  • Style
  • Unique

• Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

  

  Saint Basil
  • Man
  • Knows
  • Rain

• I am not an educated man. I never had an opportunity to learn anything except how to fight.

  

  Pancho Villa
  • Opportunity
  • Fight
  • Educated

• Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

  

  Dora Russell
  • People
  • Up
  • Action

• I've never had the patience of a teacher.

  

  Josh Turner
  • Teacher
  • Patience

• Something I try to instill in others is to just be a good person. It's a decision you make a million times a day. But if you just keep trying, good stuff comes to you in an ordained way.

  

  Chance The Rapper
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Decision

• I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that's always existed.

  

  Mark Zuckerberg
  • People
  • Desire

• I felt the most effective way to change people's perception was through the power of images.

  

  Alix Smith
  • People
  • Power
  • Perception

• Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Lost
  • Hand

• I get a lot of dramas, but I'd like to do a romantic comedy type of movie; that'd be a nice step for me. No more screaming or running or shooting... for one movie where I can just be in love with a boy.

  

  Serinda Swan
  • Running
  • Nice
  • Comedy

• A film has a beginning, middle, and an end. There is a certain amount of time that you have to embody these people. You know the entire story arch. But on TV, you have to let your guard down. You don't know how long the show is going to last. There is this excitement that comes with developing a character long-term.

  

  DJ Qualls
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• It's just nerve-wracking in general to write 'Superman,' right? I'm a life-long superhero fan, and he is the character that kicked off the entire genre.

  

  Gene Luen Yang
  • Life
  • Long
  • Character

• My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big issues in ways that even young minds can make sense of and for the heart of the characters, who span a wide range of ages. I reread it every year.

  

  Ridley Pearson
  • Mind
  • Heart
  • Character

• I think situations are more important than plot and character.

  

  Harry Mathews
  • Character
  • Situations
  • Plot