Morris Gleitzman Quotes

If we get caught up in a story, it's because we've started to care about the characters, and that can only happen if we've moved beneath the surface.

Morris Gleitzman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 9, 1953

Topics

StoryCareHappenUpStartedGet

I am a very lucky man. I am living my life with my hobby as my profession.

Jim Sullivan

LifeManI AmMy LifeHobbyLiving

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

Jewel

MyselfSleepSongRockAngelsTry

Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness.

Amy Cuddy

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I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues.

Stephen Moyer

WomenThinkChivalryComeVirtues

Presidential aspirants reach for the highest office to satisfy some yearning for greatness or even immortality.

Robert Dallek

GreatnessReachOfficeImmortality

The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.

Michel De Certeau

FreedomIndividualSystemLeftOnly

I really believed that Batman had the potential to be one of the coolest guys in cinema.

Michael Keaton

PotentialCinemaBatmanGuysReally

It's very painful to have something that's not true written about you.

Jayson Blair

YouTruePainfulSomethingVery

That's the nice thing about being a vegetarian. You don't have to be neurotic. Selective omnivores have to be neurotic. Personally, I don't have time for all that; I don't want to get into it.

Jonathan Safran Foer

TimeYouNiceWantVegetarianGet

I learned a lot from Xavier Cugat.

Desi Arnaz

LearnedLot

Because of my politics, I don't necessarily think that the independent capitalist is that much better than the multinational capitalist; it's just that the independent capitalist hasn't grown as big yet.

Boots Riley

PoliticsThinkBetterIndependent

Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.

Pauly Shore

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