Simon Winchester Quotes

To be perfectly honest the old habits, specifically deadlines, still very much inform what I do. I am brutally disciplined about getting manuscripts in on time.

Simon Winchester

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 28, 1944

Topics

TimeI AmOldHonestDeadlinesMuch

I have had a lifelong phobia of snakes.

Jessica Savitch

SnakesLifelongPhobiaHad

To demand that people find their assigned narrow corridors of culture or ethnicity or gender, expecting people to forevermore stay in that lane, is to limit our human potential. It's oppressive.

Andreja Pejic

CulturePeoplePotentialGenderFind

I'm really addicted to water. I carry a bottle of water everywhere I go. I know people think I'm a nut.

Andie MacDowell

WaterPeopleThinkGoKnowCarry

Within the microcosm of a film you get drawn to people. There are certain projects you care enormously about, and 'The Edge Of Love' was one because I was portraying a great hero of mine, Dylan Thomas.

Matthew Rhys

LoveGreatHeroPeopleCareYou

I've turned my guest house into this little studio, and we have actors come over and do readings.

Jeff Goldblum

HouseOverLittleGuestComeStudio

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

Sophocles

FearHimEverythingWho

When I look back, I think I could have done this scene or that better. I am not satisfied with my work at all. I think I could have done better. I am never satisfied.

Sridevi

WorkI AmThinkBetterLookBack

In many ways, playing a real person is slightly easier because you have a road map. When you're playing someone fictitious, there's myriad ways in. With a real person, there's boundaries, and that sometimes makes the work easier.

Ruth Negga

WorkRoadSomeoneYouPersonMap

I don't like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.

Romeo Santos

PlanningSometimesSayTwistCrowd

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.

Mary Douglas

PowerProblemsIslamAlwaysHad

I come from nothing. When I got a chance to make some money, I was like, 'Man, I'm not ever going back.'

Juicy J

MoneyManChanceBackNothingGoing

I almost find it very attractive when a woman has no idea who I am.

Josh Henderson

WomanI AmFindAttractiveAlmost

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