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Alastair Reynolds Quotes

When I was writing 'House Of Suns,' there were a few writers I had in mind as role models, the main being Gene Wolfe.

Alastair Reynolds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: british
Birth: March 13, 1966

Topics

Mind Writing House Role Role Models

A writer is an eternal outsider, his nose pressed against whatever window on the other side of which he sees his material.

John Gregory Dunne

Window Whatever Outsider Side Nose

The fact that I live in New York, a city that thrives on accessibility, might explain why I was slow to grasp the appeal of Alexa. Here we have bodegas on every corner, most open 24 hours, in case you need to pick up a roll of toilet paper or a bottle of hot sauce in the middle of the night.

Live New York City Night Slow You

My advice to anyone is to figure out what you're good at - what it is that you love doing the most in life - and figure out a way to make a living from it.

Jeannette Walls

Life Love Good Advice Doing You

I didn't want to write a pure fantasy novel, though I love those and grew up on J. R. R. Tolkien and Ursula LeGuin.

Love Want Fantasy Write Pure Up

You can either go down the stage like everybody else, or you can go through the crowd like Roman Reigns. I'd take going through the crowd, the WWE Universe, every day of the week.

Day Universe Week You Down Go

It all felt like a terribly long time. It would have meant that I had to make five movies in five years and if you don't like the movies, too bad. I guess I just wanted my freedom, and I think my life has been incredibly enhanced as a result.

Life Freedom Time Think My Life You

Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.

Time Me Born First Time First Right

As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me otherwise when her strength and resilience made the impossible possible in the way she worked, behaved, and took control of our lives.

Clemantine Wamariya

Life Strength Child Sister Control

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

Attitude Beginning Will Difficult

I'm fabulous on a budget.

Phoebe Robinson

Budget Fabulous

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over everything, including the number, the format, the qualifications, and the moderators. And they've become a circus.

Control Process Political Media Over

When I was 16, I felt very relieved to discover cinema. It was like an island where I could see life and death from another perspective. Every young person should be interested in that island. It's a beautiful place.

Life Beautiful Perspective Death

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