Graham Swift Quotes

It can be dismaying, all the same, for a novelist to compare the slowness of the writing with the speed of the reading. Novels are read in a matter of days, even hours. A writer may labor for weeks over a particular passage that will have its effect on a reader for an instant - and that effect may be subliminal or barely noticed.

Graham Swift

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 4, 1949

Topics

WritingReadingSpeedLaborMatter

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.

Joel Edgerton

LoveCoolThinkFindingWayFiction

Well, you know, I'm quite a reluctant writer. I'm not someone who set out to be a writer or really wanted to be.

Jennifer Westfeldt

SomeoneYouKnowOutWellSet

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

Andrew Marvell

FlowersBudsGatherSpare

The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out.

Melissa Bean

BalanceBudgetBackRulesDoneNow

A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.

Mel Brooks

VillainPlanCinemaMoviesUpNasty

There's so many kids who only know me from the video game.

John Madden

MeGameKnowOnlyWhoKids

I was an open, smiley and gregarious child. I could make friends in 30 seconds wherever I went.

America Ferrera

ChildFriendsOpenWhereverSeconds

I've been thinking of trying my hand at rap. I've been recording snippets on my BlackBerry.

Rufus Wainwright

ThinkingTryingHandRapBeen

The power dynamics in a relationship are going to be fluid over a long period of time, so to wait for 'perfect' is going to be a mistake.

Jason Segel

RelationshipPowerTimeMistakeWait

Are we asking terribly much of people to be curious and interested in the female experience from the female perspective?

Diane Lane

PerspectiveExperienceCuriousPeople

Serving ice cream isn't exactly like serving in state government, but what I learned guides me today.

Doug Ducey

TodayGovernmentMeIceIce Cream

People think when you get a record deal all your problems will go away. We know that the bigger we get, the more problems we'll have. I guess Puff Daddy was somewhat - what's the word? - prophetic in that respect.

Brad Delson

RespectPeopleProblemsThinkYou

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