Henning Mankell Quotes

I came to Mozambique in 1986, when I first became involved with Teatro Avenida - a theatre company that stages plays concerned with political and social issues.

Henning Mankell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: swedish
  • Birth: February 3, 1948 - October 5, 2015

Topics

TheatrePoliticalFirstCompany

As a writer of both novels and screenplays, I can say that screenwriting is a vastly rewarding creative life - if you fight hard enough to do it on your own terms. Whether I write books or not, my screenwriting life has been creatively rewarding and remains so.

John Fusco

LifeCreativeFightEnoughYouSay

I believe that a contract, or at least an understanding, exists between the American public and the American advertiser concerning what advertising is, what its limitations are and what price people will pay for it.

John O'Toole

PeopleAdvertisingBelieveAmerican

I'm a huge lover of 'Seven Samurai' and anything Kurosawa ever did. The comedic work out of Japan in terms of martial arts movies, some of them are hilarious.

Ann Nocenti

WorkMoviesOutAnythingArtsJapan

I was a huge fan of the original Red Dawn. America and brothers, you can't beat that in my world. I think there's nothing greater.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

RedWorldThinkDawnAmericaYou

I'm a real laid-back person.

Michael Beasley

PersonReal

Whenever I hear someone describe something as a 'kids movie' or a 'family movie,' it immediately has a negative connotation in my mind because I think, 'Well, as an adult, I wouldn't go see it by myself, because it's purely for children and it holds nothing for me and it's simplistic and it's kind of easy.'

Steve Carell

FamilyChildrenMyselfMindMeEasy

My parents are from north London, and so it's not like I'm some Yank who wants to make a profit out of football. I don't care about making money. I just want to see Spurs succeed and, if I can help, that's great.

Steve Nash

GreatMoneyFootballParentsSucceed

The dead cannot speak. But hitherto unknown information has emerged from the confidential archives of the Syrian presidency and foreign ministry, published in a new book by Bouthaina Shaaban, who spent ten years as Hafez's interpreter and is still an adviser to his son Bashar.

Robert Fisk

SonBookSpeakInformationNewDead

Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

Roger Penrose

MomentPeopleThinkViewSome People

Really, the only way to face the biggest problems we have is for the government to change the way they subsidize food. The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad, and that's insane.

Ruth Reichl

ChangeFoodGovernmentProblemsFace

I started in high school to be interested in music and from there, I decided to study in college. Yeah, you're right, I did start late, but luckily, because of my schooling, I picked up a lot of ground pretty quick.

Jon Secada

MusicSchoolCollegeStartYouLate

I've always just worn bows. They just got bigger and better and sparklier - and then I became 'JoJo with the bow bow,' and it became a thing.

JoJo Siwa

BetterAlwaysBiggerGotBowJust

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