A. N. Wilson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Without the media, the American people won't have the type of information they need to hold their leaders to account. The relationship between government and media has always been strained, and I think most of the time that's a healthy strain.
-
I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
-
I think of a song in terms of lyrics and stories, and that's what keeps it country for me.
-
It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
-
The only way to get to the other end of the pitch is to belt it and then belt it again.
-
I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
-
Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.
-
My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.
-
For those of you who thought F. W. Murnau's 'Nosferatu' was his greatest film, I have news for you: his 'Faust' blows it out of the water.
-
That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels like it has a personality.
-
OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.
-
When I was young, 'Scarface' was my favorite film. Al Pacino is my hero. I want to work with him.
-
I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.
-
My great uncle was in 'Dad's Army.' And I don't know if Americans will know that. It was a hugely popular show in England.
-
I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
-
When I first came to New York I was a dancer, and a French record label offered me a recording contract and I had to go to Paris to do it. So I went there and that's how I really got into the music business. But I didn't like what I was doing when I got there, so I left, and I never did a record there.
-
I was not an easy kid.
-
The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
-
I think the more diversity that one has in his life, the happier he can be, as long as he is able to do whatever he chooses to do at that given time well.
-
I always find live shows on film kind of boring. Even my favorite ones, I kinda zone out for most of it. It's just so different seeing a band in the flesh and then watching a film of it, even if you have a hundred cameras and it's shot from every angle. There's just a communal, visceral thing that never translates very well.
-
Kids are learning to play. That's why we're seeing an emergence. That's why we're seeing the Under-17s and Under-20s doing better in international football.
-
All revolutions are violent revolutions.
-
I never bought the idea of individual genius from which the novel spews forth. It's always an act of curation.
-
I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.
