Hilary Mantel (Dame Hilary Mary Mantel) Quotes
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.
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I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.
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How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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I don't sit there writing songs, thinking, 'This would be good for Rihanna.' I don't want to be pitching out like that.
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A weaker currency is a national tariff. After we get a weaker currency, we have to take advantage of that. Or else, we will waste it once more in inflation and in the inability to raise competitiveness.
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If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings.
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Truly, with a sitcom and the rhythms of comedy... music is so helpful in that area of life.
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Believe it or not, my introduction to scary literature was 'Pinocchio.' My mother read it to me every day before naptime when I was three or four. The original 'Pinocchio' is terrifying.
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Theatre is relatively easy if you're British - you're living in the theatre capital of the world, London - there are so many places you can work, still. If I had begun to think of myself as a film actor, I think I would have got distracted.
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Our dad was a great guy and we will never forget him.
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An education is meaningless unless it equips students to have a better life.
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Je suis condamné à être libre.
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We're taking up some science experiments, some crystal growth things, we have a refrigerator that carries up some samples, new samples that go into the station, we bring the old ones home; we have a lot of clothing, we have a lot of food-U.S. and Russian food.
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The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive.
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To me, error analysis is the sweet spot for improvement.
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When I see someone who is starved, they don't look alert. They don't have boundless energy. If you're too skinny, it looks like you're near death.
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It's so easy to just rip someone's work apart.
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When I do a political movie, I do a political movie.
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I think it has been a weird mistake to have people with their own music careers going on and judging people because when they're too critical, it affects them. They don't want to be that honest, because they need to keep their appearance up.
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There is definitely something that has to be said for me liking the action, Lara Croft type stuff. I really want to explore that side of me.
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Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever.
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The Labor Party is not going to profit from having these proven unsuccessful people around who are frightened of their own shadow and won't get out of bed in the morning unless they've had a focus group report to tell them which side of bed to get out.
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If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.
