Christopher Fowler Quotes

Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to crime: the realistically detailed police procedural, usually grim and downbeat, and the more left-field, joyous theatre of ideas in which past masters once specialised. Knowing that I would never be able to handle the former, I set about reviving the latter.

Christopher Fowler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 26, 1953

Topics

PolicePastIdeasTheatreKnowing

Often, it's the little things, like the title of a song, that can make a huge difference in its success.

Jeremih

SuccessLittle ThingsSongDifference

Once I was unemployed and didn't have money, you can't just go to dinner. The onus is on you to learn to cook... I learned how important the right equipment is.

Jen Lancaster

MoneyDinnerLearnYouGoImportant

Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance; my mother was a dancer.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

MotherDanceChildhoodClassUp

'Forrest Gump' was great, it was fabulous. It lasted much longer than anybody thought, and brought me a degree of attention that no human being on the face of the planet deserves.

Tom Hanks

GreatMeFaceThoughtAttention

I am an artist through to my marrow, which might be a curse and not necessarily a good thing.

Robin Coste Lewis

GoodI AmArtistThroughCurseAm

Someone asked me who I would be if I were a character in the 'Wizard of Oz.' I would be the curtain. I would be the one who saw both sides that nobody noticed, that was pretty and there to be used and discarded when they were done.

Rose McGowan

CharacterMeSomeoneNobodyDone

Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.

Mason Cooley

AdvertisingKindExpensiveBuyUs

I am contracting continually a debt of gratitude which time will never see canceled. There is a treasury from which it will be repaid, but I do not dispense its stores.

Dorothea Dix

GratitudeTimeI AmDebtWillNever

America changed my life, but I still think of home and working in Scotland was an important part of that.

Davy Jones

LifeHomeThinkMy LifeAmerica

Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.

Colson Whitehead

HistoryBlackAmericanTeachWell

It's incredible to have people come up to you and tell you that you changed their life when their life was really, really dark. That you brought some light in. You also learn that it's OK to be a weirdo and not follow the rules.

Cindy Wilson

LifeLightPeopleLearnYouRules

I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.

Bob Iger

GrowthTechnologyQualityValueWill

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