William Nicholson Quotes

Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the supreme literary form - not just one among many, not a relic of the past, but the way we communicate to one another the subtlest truths about this business of living.

William Nicholson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 12, 1948

Topics

BusinessPastMeFindLivingWay

When I started writing, I was a great rationalist and believed I was absolutely in control. But the older one gets, the more confused, and for an artist I think that is quite a good thing: you allow in more of your instinctual self; your dreams, fantasies and memories. It's richer, in a way.

John Banville

GoodDreamsMemoriesGreatControl

I'm a pretty basic surfer.

Jeff Bridges

PrettyBasic

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

Amy Lowell

TimeBestGreedEarthGiveWhich

You have to open your mind. I like the ability to express myself in a deep way. It's the closest music to our humanity - it's like a folk music that rises up out of a culture.

Sonny Terry

MusicMyselfCultureMindDeepYou

It's a very ancient culture, British culture. You can't be seen to be too wealthy, and you certainly can't be seen to be giving away any of your wealth either because that's sort of vulgar, too. It's funny, that, because in New York, if you are wealthy, you have to be philanthropic to be successful.

Trudie Styler

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I think a lot of actors feel like outsiders or miscreants. This profession provides an opportunity to play out all the different parts of ourselves.

Ruth Negga

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I never fry a doughnut! If you want a doughnut, go and buy one once in a blue moon. It's about everything in moderation.

Mary Berry

BlueMoonYouGoWantNever

I experienced a lot of loss after his death. I lost my city because of all the paparazzi descending upon us. I actually lost my journal during that time, oddly enough. I literally couldn't hold on to anything.

Michelle Williams

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Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus on; it's not something that gets funded a lot, and it's exactly for that reason that we are losing mothers all the time, and we have kids with no mothers.

Liya Kebede

TimeFocusLosingPeopleNewReason

Whoever rises to deliver the inaugural Address of 2013 will speak to a nation in which the American Dream is under profound economic and cultural pressure. This is perhaps best measured by the state of the middle class.

Jon Meacham

BestAmerican DreamSpeakPressure

I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it.

Doug Davidson

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No one should make the mistake of thinking that three or four movies are going to change their fate.

Bryan Lourd

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