Andy Rooney Quotes

Writers don't often say anything that readers don't already know, unless its a news story. A writer's greatest pleasure is revealing to people things they knew but did not know they knew. Or did not realize everyone else knew, too. This produces a warm sense of fellow feeling and is the best a writer can do.

Andy Rooney

Quotes to Explore

I want to break down some of the stigma associated with mental illness.

Gail Porter
- Want
- Down
- Mental Illness
I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.

Owen Paterson
- Up
- She
- Pretty
Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.

Victor Koo
- Culture
- Movies
- Games
As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.

Iain Banks
- People
- Long
- Book
You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.

Madchen Amick
- People
- Know
- Enjoy
Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.

S. I. Hayakawa