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Peter Ackroyd Quotes

Oh, I just tend to believe in things when I'm writing them. For instance, when I was writing 'Doctor Dee,' I believed in magic. And when I wrote 'Hawksmoor' I believed in psychic geography. But as soon as I type the last full stop, I'm back to being a complete blank again.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: October 5, 1949

Topics

Writing Doctor Believe Magic Back

Siemens is a job machine.

Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity.

Life Good Good Old Days Poverty Old

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

John Mellencamp

Work Great Great Things Know Say

I'm a British designer, and it's great to show on your own ground.

Great Ground Own British Show Your

I mean you pull the curtain away, and you see I'm just as insecure and neurotic and scared and vulnerable as anybody, you know.

You Know Mean See Scared Just

I'm an actress. It's my passion.

Passion Actress

I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment.

Live Music Moment Experience Unique

I was in the garage fixin' things, and I'm like, what better project than building your own leg?

Building Better Project Own Leg

It is not wealth, it is not station, it is not social standing and ambition which can make us worthy of the Jewish name, of the Jewish heritage. To be worthy of them, we must live up to and with them. We must regard ourselves their custodians.

Louis D. Brandeis

Live Ambition Name Wealth Heritage

Reflecting the truth sounds easy, but sometimes it's not.

Truth Easy Sometimes Reflecting

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

Childhood Joy Old Years Forgotten

I think the Internet is a huge positive.

Positive Think Internet I Think Huge

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