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Andrew O'Hagan Quotes

Long before I was a writer, when I was just a haphazard reader and a dreamer of stories, I learnt about an influential book by Harold Bloom. 'The Anxiety of Influence', published in 1973 when I was five years old, is taken up with the terrifying influence of poets on each other.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: scottish
Birth: 1968

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Influence Book Anxiety Dreamer Long

Privately, I'm thrilled with what I do, but publicly, I hold it in disdain.

Hold Disdain Thrilled Publicly

In 1984, when I was a rookie member of the House, there was a bill introduced to make Martin Luther King's birthday a state holiday. It didn't have a chance. As time passed, though, more and more states adopted the holiday. Finally, after about five years, we passed it and, I think, almost unanimously. As I said, change is slow and hard.

Birthday Change Time King Chance

There's so many politicians who have given politics a pretty poor name... their actions have been demonstrated to be part of their over-enthusiasm to get reelected.

Politics Name Poor Politicians Get

Commercials certainly pay more than films. I was pleasantly surprised at the profitability of commercials when I did my first ad for a popular soap brand years ago. I was paid a huge amount of money for a mere 30 seconds of screen presence. After that, ads have been a regular feature in my career.

Amruta Khanvilkar

Money Brand Career More First Pay

We're segregating ourselves because we're afraid we're going to offend each other.

Afraid Going Because Offend Other

Berlin inspired Bowie and stirred him to write about real, important matters.

Important Matters Write Real Him

I'm hugely into video games; I always have been. I started on the Sega with games like Sonic, Battletoads, and Tetris... all those old-school games.

Robert Whittaker

Video Games Games Always Started

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

Success Old Overnight Success Years

Money is the great equalizer.

Great Money Equalizer

At the age of 62, my father died of cancer - it was much too soon. My mother never remarried or got over it, never even thought of another man.

Father Mother Age Man Thought Never

The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I'm in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins,' lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer.

Daughter Great Food Summer Wood Out

We have not really advertised Chicago internationally.

Chicago Really Internationally

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