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Jasper Fforde Quotes

I'm not of the opinion that the next logical step for a book is for it to be made into a film.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: January 11, 1961

Topics

Step Opinion Book Next Film Made

Prior to the institutionalization of standard time, clocks were set using local meridians or local mean time, and they varied widely.

Stacey D'Erasmo

Time Mean Set Local Standard Were

In some of the great cities of Europe - Paris, Vienna, Prague, and Brussels - tourists bored with life above ground can descend below. All these cities have sewer museums and tours, and all expose their underbelly willingly to the curious. But not London, arguably the home of the most splendid sewer network in Europe.

Life Home Great Curious Paris Bored

I didn't want to do all of the mags, and we didn't get paid for those shoots - 'Hollyoaks' took the fee. But I couldn't say no to everything. I felt lucky to have the job I was doing, so I went along with it. And when I did 'Maxim,' I knew that stars like Eva Longoria had also been on the cover, so I was in good company.

Good Stars Job Good Company Doing

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.

Feel Muscle Force Even Attempt His

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor.

Getting Older Fun People Finding

Why do so many children love the idea of being snowed in or shipwrecked, of having to survive on one's own? When I was a child, I was no exception. I wanted to hunt with a bow and arrow like the Stone Age people: to skin deer and build my own shelter. And I desperately wanted a wolf. As we lived in London, my options were limited.

Love Age Children Child People Wolf

Art is much more confined by materials than writing is.

Molly Crabapple

Art Writing More Than Much Confined

Anyone who has ever spent time listening to a legislature knows the astonishing speed at which all presiding officers and reading clerks can spit out the formulaic incantations of parliamentary procedure.

Time Listening Reading Speed Out

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

Jazz Bachelor Master

I suppose that I am ambitious.

Antonio Banderas

I Am Ambitious Suppose Am

Look at electricity in human history - it took a few decades for electricity to really revolutionize the American economy. And the Internet will be the same. At some point in the future, we will arrive at a new era of low-hanging fruit.

Future History Fruit American Look

Success to me is anybody who does something better than somebody else.

Tilman J. Fertitta

Success Me Better Something Somebody

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