Robert Harris Quotes

First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply a function of what these people might do or be. Everything has to flow from their personalities; otherwise it will not be emotionally engaging, or plausible.

Robert Harris

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PeopleLandscapeFlowWillFirst

It's taken me longer still to realize what a short span there is between those life experiences and the rest of your life. That's a job for the people who lived through it.

Jeremy Northam

LifeJobPeopleMeRestShort

The purpose of farming is to deprive other species of the land and sequester it for our own use. But by perfecting the art of monoculture, it has become too easy for us to exterminate everything else, leaving no wild plants, no food for insects, and a barren land for birds.

Tristram Stuart

ArtFoodPurposePlantsBirdsEasy

I've got four lovely children, ten lovely grandchildren, and I left parliament to devote more time to politics, and I think that what is really going on in Britain is a growing sense of alienation. People don't feel anyone listens to them.

Tony Benn

ChildrenTimePoliticsPeopleThink

Life doesn't just happen; it's constructed through the history of power. And that's something I am interested in and so is the art world: a world that's trying to engage socially, with a leftist slant, to work out how we got here.

Mike Mills

LifeWorkPowerHistoryArtI Am

I've always loved the guitar. You see Jimi Hendrix playing the guitar with his teeth, and OK, you know you're never going to be able to do that, but I always wanted to play an instrument of some sort.

Michelle Ryan

GuitarLovedYouPlayKnowTeeth

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

Julia Gillard

TogetherGameWealthCreateEconomy

It's funny because 'The Book of Mormon' is 'The Book of Mormon' now. When I was doing it at the very beginning, and I was a part of it for four years and always believed in it, I never really knew if it was going to be more than a convention for 'South Park' fans.

Josh Gad

FunnyBeginningBookDoingNever

All we need to do, reader or writer, from first line to final page, is be as open as a book, and be alive to the life in language - on all its levels.

Ali Smith

LifeBookLanguageAlivePageNeed

The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.

Susan Sontag

ChangeBeautyPastNewPossibleSee

Working with Michael Chiklis is a lesson in professionalism and staying focused. That's what Chiklis brings all day long.

Sean Faris

DayProfessionalismLongLesson

People see my current success but don't realize I've worked hard to get where I am. I used to clean garbage off the Philadelphia docks and put a lot of time into developing my music.

Kevin Eubanks

SuccessMusicTimeI AmPeopleSee

This is a gift that God has given me. I'm not smart enough to write for everybody, but it's the love in these books that comes from Him and goes out to my reading audience. I'm forever grateful for that. It's a privilege.

Jan Karon

LoveGodGratefulSmartMeReading

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