Robert Gottlieb Quotes

'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.

Robert Gottlieb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 29, 1931

Topics

OceanStoryFairyAnythingPlot

If someone asked, 'Would you prefer to be thought of as St. Michael as opposed to the devil,' I might say St. Michael. But that choice is not really there, because you are in an environment in which you have natural predators and enemies.

Michael Ashcroft

ThoughtSomeoneDevilYouChoice

For me, a big part of writing psychological thrillers is choosing crimes committed for motives which would only apply to a particular person in a particular situation; a unique, one-off motive that is born out of someone's particular range of psychological afflictions.

Sophie Hannah

MeWritingSomeoneUniqueBornOut

I don't really live anywhere.

Suki Waterhouse

LiveAnywhereReally

Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web: They might as well not exist.

Steven Pinker

BestMindFactsMapPsychologyWeb

I have always advised men to read.

Mary Harris Jones

MenAlwaysReadAdvised

We are not sent into this world mainly to enjoy the loveliness therein, nor to sit us down in passive ease; no, we were sent here for action. The soul that seeks to do the will of God with a pure heart, fervently, does not yield to the lethargy of ease.

Dorothea Dix

GodHeartSoulWorldActionEnjoy

Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

WritingIsolationNiceBreakOff

It's always nice when someone you don't know comes up to you and says a couple nice things about your work. It's always a pleasure.

Costa Ronin

WorkSomeoneYouKnowNiceAlways

Everyone smiles with that invisible gun to their head.

Chuck Palahniuk

GunInvisibleSmilesEveryoneHead

People don't realise I have seriously bad blepharitis.

Bradley Walsh

PeopleBadSeriouslyRealise

I enjoy where I am and I don't have a problem with being Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Don Cheadle, or Jeffrey Wright. They're not the lead of every movie they're in, but every time you see them they're really good.

Anthony Mackie

GoodTimeI AmProblemEnjoyYou

One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.

Paulo Coelho

LoveLovedLovingReasonBecause

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