Jonathan Raban Quotes

Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.

Jonathan Raban

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 14, 1942

Topics

PoliticsBlueCityDeepAmerican

Motherhood informs my work 100 per cent.

Jessica Marais

WorkMotherhoodCentPerInforms

'Empire of Self' is a loving portrait of a very difficult man. Jay Parini, himself a gifted novelist, poet and biographer, has gone very deep into the 'black energy' of Gore Vidal's relentless narcissism and megalomania. Parini envisions an epic battle between Vidal's angelic and demonic sides, yet there's very little of the angel in Vidal.

Jerome Charyn

ManAngelEnergyDeepSelfBattle

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

Andre Maurois

WomanIntelligenceFoolManPeople

You can't go by what things look like on paper.

Megyn Kelly

YouLookGoThingsPaperLike

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

Jean de La Fontaine

NaturePeopleLawHelpMustAnother

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

Truman Capote

TravelEatingChocolateGoBoxLike

To be honest I don't think I was any great shakes as a theatre actor because everything I was doing was really small in size - intimate.

Robert Carlyle

GreatTheatreSmallThinkDoing

I just want to go out there and do my best. You can't argue with your best.

Michelle Carter

BestYouGoWantOutJust

I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.

Michelle Rodriguez

BestI AmMeSayingThinkWant

Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

Miles Davis

FearMistakesNone

For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe it's because I talk too much!

Julia Quinn

CharacterMeWritingToo MuchSay

I was eleven and I wanted to play it because it was in my blood. It was a feeling I couldn't deny.

Lita Ford

FeelingPlayBloodBecauseWanted

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