Andrew Davies Quotes

Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.

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• I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Good
  • Long
  • Value

• Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.

  

  Ted Hughes
  • World
  • Good
  • Opportunity

• I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.

  

  Jack Antonoff Fun.
  • Believe
  • Feel
  • I Believe

• I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • People
  • Attention
  • Win

• I'm not a sun person.

  

  Laura Prepon
  • Person
  • Sun

• A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.

  

  Federico Fellini
  • Good
  • Together
  • Ending

• I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.

  

  Bayard Rustin
  • Believe
  • Creative
  • Trouble

• Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

  

  Nathan Lane
  • Truth
  • Proud
  • Speak

• The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Desire
  • Destruction
  • Risks

• My stepfather had a connection with The Second City and told me I should go there. I woke up in a cold sweat one night and said, 'I'm moving to Chicago.' That's how I went to Second City.

  

  Ian Gomez
  • Up
  • Night
  • City

• I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.

  

  Adam Gopnik
  • Up
  • Rock
  • Information

• I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting.

  

  Kate Bush
  • Up
  • Interesting
  • Try

• South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Small
  • Bitter
  • Africa

• For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.

  

  Tammy Bruce
  • Death
  • Gay
  • Enough

• Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.

  

  Zhu Rongji
  • Long
  • Money
  • Short

• Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.

  Mandy Bujold
  • Men
  • Women
  • Strong

• If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Kids
  • Help
  • Success

• When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Man
  • Political
  • Building

• Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

  

  Wendell Phillips
  • People
  • Debt
  • Corrupt

• Some stories, she'd say, the more you tell them, the faster you use them up. Those kind, the drama burns off, and every version, they sound more silly and flat. The other kind of story, it uses you up. The more you tell it, the stronger it gets. Those kind of stories only remind you how stupid you were. Are. Will always be.

  

  Chuck Palahniuk
  • Up
  • She
  • Drama

• It's fair to say that white America wouldn't have elected an African-American president without the integrating effect of black music - from Louis Armstrong to hip-hop - and black drama and fiction, commercial as much as 'serious.'

  

  Joe Haldeman
  • Music
  • American
  • America

• Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.

  

  Ed Bradley
  • Up
  • Remember
  • Growing

• I just wanna give a big shout out to all the fans out there who have followed my work up until now. You guys are amazing!! Hearing from fans is the best feeling in the world.

  

  Lindsey Shaw
  • Up
  • World
  • Work

• Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening.

  

  Andrew Davies
  • Drama