Anthony Burgess Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I love writing journalism because it's all over in two hours and comes straight off the top of the head. Writing novels is soooooo much harder. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
-
I'm just a musician and a record producer.
-
You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.
-
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
-
It is horrible to say, but I was stigmatized by being a bridal designer for a long time. I am amazed I have been able to move beyond it. I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was my lifelong dream.
-
Guys try to take you out of the game if they know they can. So especially if you've got a playmaker, guys on the defense would do that.
-
I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision.
-
I really don't know where my interest in death comes from. Maybe I've just got a twisted imagination. The truth is, I haven't had a hugely eventful life - maybe I'm compensating in my creative life. Or maybe I'm just a bit sick.
-
I was lucky enough to have an older brother who shared the splatter flicks with me, and I had parents who were cool and involved enough in my life to allow me to see them. I think my folks appreciated that I looked at these movies as a creative outlet... almost like magic shows, if you will.
-
The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.
-
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
-
I think that I, Jack McBrayer, am somewhat of a people pleaser, and I do enjoy being good at my job. But I would never endanger my life with gullibility or naivete.
-
Markets are frequently ahead of, and often out of sync with, the economy.
-
I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.
-
Sometimes when you fail, it allows you the opportunity to grow more motivation and get more intense about your training.
-
We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.
-
Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement.
-
Too caustic? To hell with the costs, we'll make the picture anyway.
-
I was taught to think outside the box. Before my grandfather was one of the original Mad Men, he and a group of other Air Force Intelligence officers formalized brainstorming as a problem solving technique. He taught the concept that creativity can be taught at Buffalo University. My dad invented toys. My mom was a photographer.
-
At first, art imitates life. Then life will imitate art.Then life will find its very existence from the arts.
-
I was born in Cambridgeshire and moved to Scotland when I was seven.
-
I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.
-
You still find a great sense of possibility here, and I want to make sure that Arizona stays that way. I want us to be the welcoming, job-creating state we've been from the start, a place where everybody's got a chance.
-
‘…Your little feuilleton…recording…my crude nabob’s philistinism…’
