William Orbit Quotes
I really just concentrated on putting out solo stuff on my website, just trying things, but this time we thought it was time to do a proper record, where you make a bit of a fanfare about it. Something that says "listen everybody, I'm here".
Quotes to Explore
-
If I watch 'Gone With the Wind,' I always find it interesting. I think, 'What's going to happen next? What's that character going to do?' But you know, you never really need to watch the films you made again. They stay inside you, always with you.
-
What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
-
One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.
-
Mum's a worrier, she looked after everybody apart from herself - I think it runs in the family.
-
Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
-
Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'
-
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 don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
-
I like to tread uncharted territory and push myself in terms of performance.
-
I just mean it's very difficult for me to watch my work, in some ways, because I am critical of what I didn't get across or I thought I was making one point.
-
In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.
-
Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.
-
Deep down, I happen to be very shallow.
-
Al Jazeera is not a tool of revolution. We do not create revolutions. However, when something of that magnitude happens, we are at the center of the coverage.
-
For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.
-
I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.
-
Modernity widened the distance between the sensational and the relevant.
-
Teaching the child to treat boundaries seriously teaches the child to respect the rights and needs of others. Thinking of another’s needs creates empathy.
-
I will get married to a guy of my parents' choice.
-
I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.
-
Everyone's first thought is "These women are going to take advantage of you" or "Someone's only going to date you because you're famous." That stuff's not really an issue because that's super-easy to see through.
-
While we use American power to fight hard for democracy against extremism on both left and right, our critics seem suspicious of any assertion of United States power or influence against any government or group that claims to be on the left.
-
I'm a watch guy - to me, they symbolize hard work and determination.
-
I really just concentrated on putting out solo stuff on my website, just trying things, but this time we thought it was time to do a proper record, where you make a bit of a fanfare about it. Something that says "listen everybody, I'm here".
