Hilary Mantel Quotes

In my 20s I was in constant pain from undiagnosed endometriosis. With no prospect of a cure, I decided I needed a career - writing - that could accommodate being ill.

Hilary Mantel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 6, 1952

Topics

PainWritingCareerBeingCure

We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that.

Jillian Bach

LiveTelevisionActorAudienceFilm

My dad says he likes to bask in my glow.

Robert Pattinson

GlowLikesHeSaysDad

We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final.

Robert Jackson

FinalBecauseOnlyInfallible

Israel will not tolerate Iran developing nuclear power, even if Iran claims it is for peaceful purposes. If there is an attack, oil prices will go through the roof.

Robert Kiyosaki

PowerPeacefulGoWillOilRoof

By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

TeamBasketballSoccerTryApply

I'd love to work with Joan Cusack again - I'm obsessed with Joan Cusack.

Amanda Peet

WorkLoveAgainObsessedJoan

Pulitzers are journalist-oriented, so the publicity machine kicks in for about two days. Then, you go back to normal.

Steven Stucky

YouBackGoTwoDaysNormal

I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsession, each contributing something unique to make something greater than the sum of its parts. I don't know why, but from day one, that has interested me.

Steven Van Zandt

DayI AmPeopleMeUniqueGoal

If you choose a market that already exists, say, networking equipment, you have to compete with an established company like Cisco. Even if your product is marginally better, Cisco can fudge it and outsell you.

Douglas Leone

NetworkingBetterYouChooseSay

Most of the American skyjackers who fled abroad eventually elected to return to the United States, having tired of life on the lam. These homecomings typically involved prearranged surrenders to the FBI, in the hopes of earning lenient sentences.

Brendan I. Koerner

LifeTiredAmericanEarningReturn

Name a country, and I have probably been there.

Peter Uihlein

NameCountryBeen

It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone.

Shawn Levy

NightCareerMuseumCoincidenceTone

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