Anthony Powell Quotes

People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that.

Anthony Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 21, 1905 - March 28, 2000

Topics

PeopleThinkTrueNeverHappened

I always figured Metropolis was north of New York, actually. Between New York and Boston, in my mind.

Jim Lee

New YorkMindNewBostonAlways

Lissa Treiman is an artist who submitted a guest strip to me back in 2008 and whose work I've followed since. She works in animation. When I first mentioned on Twitter that I was interested in writing a series but not drawing it, she got in touch.

John Allison

WorkMeWritingDrawingArtistBack

There are going to be times when we disagree with our leadership, but ultimately, we've got to work hard to pull our leadership to the right and to move a conservative agenda forward and unite as conservatives if we're going to get things done.

Steve Scalise

WorkLeadershipWork HardForward

Jill and I arrange our lives to spend a lot of time together. That makes us both happy.

Robert Wagner

TimeTogetherHappyUsOurSpend

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

Michael Schur

GoodCoolThinkYouSincerityBeing

People wanted me to do a CD-ROM of 'Hitchhiker's,' and I thought, 'No, no.' I didn't want to just sort of reverse-engineer yet another thing from a book I'd already written. I think that the digital media are interesting enough in their own right to be worth originating something in.

Douglas Adams

PeopleMeBookThinkThoughtMedia

I am going to have to stick to the script. If I muck around with the words it will defeat the object.

Clive Anderson

WordsI AmDefeatWillStickGoing

When I was young, I wanted to do something more low-key, like become a drummer in a rock band.

Brooke Burke

YoungDrummerRockBecomeMoreBand

Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is.

Wilson Greatbatch

LightSpaceSpeedAttractiveWhere

Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she's cheered on and supported.

Sheryl Sandberg

WorkSuccessHomeSonDaughterMe

Women play just as hard as guys do. We're just as competitive.

Sheryl Swoopes

WomenPlayHardCompetitiveJust

Ten years ago, Republicans decided it was time to reform our broken welfare system and give welfare recipients the tools they needed to escape the system and build a better life.

Todd Tiahrt

LifeTimeBrokenBetterToolsBuild

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