Robert Harris Quotes

Cut your manuscript ruthlessly but never throw anything away: it's amazing how often a discarded scene or description, which wouldn't fit in one place, will work perfectly later.

Robert Harris

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WorkAmazingPlaceWillNeverCut

I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my father told me never do that again. And he was right. I have nothing to add to a political conversation because it's not my area.

Jesse Eisenberg

FatherMistakeMeWritingPolitical

The Gentlemen of England serve under the greatest cad in Europe.

John Burns

EuropeServeGreatestEngland

I take people the way they are. You could work all your life to change them, and they never will. What's the point? They need to be who they are.

Melania Trump

LifeWorkChangePeopleYouWay

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.

Robert McChesney

TimeMoneyInfluenceRichAttention

People think that we bought a lot of things during Nawaz Sharif's time and that I am very close to him. I have never met Nawaz Sharif, one to one, in my life.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

LifeTimeI AmPeopleThinkMy Life

It was always tough, but today we are in the throes of something we have never seen in our history. It's clear in recent times the market is looking for a bottom.

Sumner Redstone

TodayHistoryLookingToughNever

I think I'm one of those people that kind of thinks everybody's got an identity, and maybe that's the core of their personality. But I think we change enough over the years that it's like a succession of different people.

Robin Sloan

ChangePersonalityIdentityPeople

I didn't want 'BSG' to have to rewrite Anders as a sniveling, whining ball of despair who's hiding out in the corner.

Michael Trucco

WantDespairBallCornerOutHiding

I'm not a happy person when I'm working.

Michelle Williams

HappyPersonWorkingHappy Person

Since I've got on the Internet, it's opened a whole world of wasted time for me. My wife says she's an Internet widow.

Mick Ralphs

TimeWifeMeWorldInternetShe

I've often said there's no such thing as a track record in TV. I seen people who created things much more successful than mine treated like dirt.

Joss Whedon

PeopleSaidMoreDirtSuccessful

For too long, government officials have tinkered with Mexico's economic structure through piecemeal reforms that seek to ensure political stability but that do not address the key obstacles to greater innovation and competitiveness.

Denise Dresser

InnovationGovernmentObstaclesKey

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