Iain Banks Quotes
I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going on.
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There's a critic that I love, Manohla Dargis of the 'L.A. Weekly.' I like the underground point of view; it's my old radical sympathies. Maybe I like her because she likes my movies.
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Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?
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The patient decides when it's best to go.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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There are many cultural prejudices. For instance, even though fresh fish is a regional staple, Catalans don't like sashimi.
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I find it hard to focus looking forward. So I look backward.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
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It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
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Men and women aren't too dissimilar.
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All I'm trying to do is manage money and take care of my shareholders.
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I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going on.
