Andrew Davies Quotes

I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely.

Andrew Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: September 20, 1936

Topics

MistakeMeThoughtDoingChildish

It's now widely recognised that a diverse research group is usually stronger, more creative, and more robust and flexible. Such a group usually copes better in a downturn.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

CreativeResearchBetterStronger

If you have children and want to give your future self a present, record their laughter as toddlers. When they're older and away from you, you might find that clip in the middle of the day, and it will transport you as surely as if you had a time machine.

John Dickerson

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I wanted to be acknowledged as an artist, not just some kiddie-book artist.

Maurice Sendak

ArtistJustWantedSomeAcknowledged

I turn over a lot of money for a lot of people and I'm the smallest fish in it.

Michael Hutchence

MoneyPeopleFishOverTurnLot

The good guys in my movies mind their own business, and they don't judge other people. And the bad guys are jealous; they judge other people without knowing the whole story. They want all the attention, and they're mean spirited.

John Waters

GoodBusinessPeopleMindJealous

He made it quite clear that if I didn't play the role, I would be dead within a week. As you can imagine, the guy who turned down Hagrid would be like the guy who called the Beatles a guitar band. So I couldn't possibly refuse, really.

Robbie Coltrane

GuitarWeekYouDownPlayDead

Right now I'm trying to do a fragrance called Natalie. She's very, very much alive for us.

Robert Wagner

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I love Joan Collins. She's a wonderful lady. She has such courage. She's such a good actress.

Robert Wagner

LoveGoodCourageLadySheActress

Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.

Ronald Reagan

OpportunitiesGenerationYouBeyond

When I start writing these novels, I go into them with a spirit of inquiry rather than to substantiate prejudices I had in the beginning. If you don't do that, you can't write good characters.

Ruth Ozeki

GoodBeginningWritingStartYouGo

I don't totally buy or believe the paradigm that's constantly presented to us and the financial news is obsessed with, which is growth. There seems to be this paradigm which is: There has to be growth. I'm watching it and thinking, am I the only one who recognises this is a small planet isolated in a gigantic universe? Where are we growing to?

Matt Bellamy

GrowthSmallBelieveThinkingNews

Created specifically to house the world's most dangerous terrorists, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay is designed to keep both American personnel and the detainees safe and secure.

Mike Pompeo

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