Will Self Quotes

Modernism has a reputation for being a forbidding phenomenon: its visual arts disconcertingly non-representational, its literary efforts devoid of the consolations of plot and character - even its films, it's argued, fall well short of that true desideratum: entertainment.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 26, 1961

Topics

CharacterReputationShortFallTrue

I'm opinionated, and I'm comfortable with confrontation. I'm very happy to say if I believe the opposite of what you think.

Jodie Whittaker

HappyBelieveThinkYouSay

I don't really love writing. I don't love the feeling of starting a new file. But I love the feeling of overcoming and accomplishing.

John Branch

LoveWritingOvercomingFeelingNew

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

Johannes Kepler

DaughterTruthTimeTruth IsFeel

To play someone when the character masks their own emotions, doesn't understand their own emotions, has no release for their own emotions, and yet is full of emotion - that is a much harder character to play than someone who has somewhere to put it.

Melissa Leo

CharacterSomeoneEmotionsPlayOwn

I like what L'Oreal stands for, which is women of worth.

Andie MacDowell

WomenWorthLikeWhichStands

Secessionists, whether in Scotland, Catalonia, Quebec or anywhere else, invariably assume that a person must either be Scottish or British, Catalan or Spanish, Quebecois or Canadian. What about those who feel they are both?

Michael Ignatieff

FeelPersonAssumeBritishMustWho

The pleasing thing is being able to be in an environment where, even though I'm a rookie, everyone wants to help you out.

Sonny Bill Williams

EnvironmentHelpYouEveryoneOut

Each quarter, Indian IT firms publish their results, and these are broadcast on CNBC. From the comfort of their boardrooms, executives say how many new employees have been added, how many more Fortune 500 companies have been signed up as clients, how many million-dollar companies were added, and so on.

Shiv Nadar

EmployeesResultsComfortNewSay

Me personally, I don't think I'm even hot enough to be getting dissed.

Tory Lanez

MeThinkEnoughHotEvenPersonally

There's a lot of information on Iran in the files and computer discs captured at the Pakistan hideout of Osama bin Laden.

Michael T. Flynn

InformationComputerPakistanFiles

I never thought I'd enjoy collaborating so much, but turns out it feels like a super power if you collab with the right people.

Lisa Hanawalt

PowerPeopleThoughtEnjoyYouOut

There are so many messages out there about what you should be eating and drinking and what you should be putting in your body at the beginning of the day. It's confusing, and people get very overwhelmed. Really, one of the greatest options is just a bowl of cereal and milk.

Christina Tosi

DayBeginningPeopleEatingBody

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