Bright Light Bright Light (Rod Thomas) Quotes
I really want to be able to work in cinema. So one of my long-term goals is to score films. I think probably horror – because that’s my favourite genre.
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Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.
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Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.
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I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.
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My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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You begin to take on the mentality of your coach. If he feels so confident, then I feel confident.
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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
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I'm a father and I'm a husband and I care about what's happening on our streets.
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
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Natural science will in time incorporate into itself the science of man, just as the science of man will incorporate into itself natural science: there will be one science.
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I'm still driven by the feeling I had when I wrote my first book or read a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle adventure.
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When you're writing, you're on your own, and I like to work as a team.
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Because I'm a good girl, I tend to fall for the bad boy persona, and it ends up biting me in the butt. They end up not knowing how to treat me, and I end up completely devastated.
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Tell her the joyous Time will not be staid, Unlesse she doe him by the forelock take.
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I don't know who's worse with little boys, Mario or Michael Jackson.
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If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick.
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Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies.
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I like reading a lot. Jeffrey Archer and Robert Ludlum are my favourite authors. I love making realistic cinema, so I read non-fiction more.
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I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing.
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I really want to be able to work in cinema. So one of my long-term goals is to score films. I think probably horror – because that’s my favourite genre.
