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Bryce Courtenay Quotes

Advertising was only meant to be a very small part of my life. I had intended that I would work extensively in journalism for about five or six years and then I'd become a writer.

Bryce Courtenay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: south african
Birth: August 14, 1933 - November 22, 2012

Topics

Life Work Advertising Small My Life

Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.

Jodie Foster

Child Tough Actor Adolescence

Well, certainly at the Golden Globes, during every commercial break everyone gets up and schmoozes with each other.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

Golden Everyone Up Break Well Every

I'm a straight shooter: I'll stand with the people of Montana and President Trump to support Kavanaugh's nomination because there is no doubt that he will defend our Constitution and protect our Montana way of life.

Matt Rosendale

Life Support People Constitution Way

I'll cover just about anything - except for a Kid Rock song.

Stephen Malkmus

Song Rock Kid Anything Just Cover

I can't imagine my life without my kids. Raising them has been the greatest joy in my life.

Josie Bissett

Life Joy My Life Without Greatest

There's been a bit of confusion about Showscan. The basic problem was, it was film and it was 70 mm and it was a lot of it, so the negative cost was very high, the print costs were very high, and it also required conversion of the projectors and theaters and a lot of costs. I just couldn't get any traction in the theatrical movie industry to do it.

Douglas Trumbull

Negative Problem Confusion High Cost

If I ever go onstage at the Oscars, you can guarantee I'll be wearing my motorcycle boots.

Dean Winters

Motorcycle Boots You Go Guarantee

I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It all comes down to casting.

Corbin Bernsen

Good You Down Say Right Director

I'd say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.

Corey Feldman

Animal Mind Environmental Say Always

I believe orders should be obeyed, but sometimes you have to think about the orders you get.

Ariel Sharon

Believe Think You Sometimes Get

When you're singing, you're using extra muscles, and it requires a lot of exercise and breathing. You can't do that if you're a sissy. If I have any fitness advice for people, I'd tell them to sing more. It's good therapy, too.

Willie Nelson

Good Fitness People Singing Advice

I think I write and publish as often as I do because I can't bear being without a book to work on... I don't feel I have this to say or that to say or this story to tell, but I know I want to be occupied with the writing process while I'm living.

Philip Roth

Work Writing Book Story Think Feel