Will Self Quotes

The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeWritingYouDealApply

Like any young person, I do what I want.

Anna Kournikova

PersonYoungWantLikeAny

It's good for the soul to hear yourself as others hear you, and next time maybe, just maybe, you will not talk so much, so loudly, so brilliantly, so charmingly, so utterly shamelessly foolishly.

Russell Baker

GoodTimeSoulYourselfYouTalk

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

Matt Blunt

DayGovernmentPartyElectionNew

Rule number one in negotiating anything with Missy is never try and run me over. Never push me, because I am a very strong woman. I'm nice, but I'm very strong. When it gets down gritty, I can get grittier. Never, ever underestimate me.

Missy Elliott

WomanI AmMeStrongPushDown

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

Judd Nelson

DreamsImpactGrowGrow UpProfound

I identify more as a musician than as a singer, because I play piano and percussion, and I engineer and produce everything that I do.

Janina Gavankar

PlayMoreEverythingSingerPiano

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness.

Don Rickles

ShyProtectOutgoingShynessVery

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy.

Denis Diderot

StepRoadFirst StepPhilosophy

I'm not a Democrat, I'm not a Republican-I'm an American, I'm a human.

Chely Wright

AmericanHumanDemocrat

Paul Auster is my favourite writer, and I'm sure he'd be a very interesting person to share a journey with.

Cornelia Parker

JourneyInterestingPersonShareHe

No one - apart from my agent, perhaps - should leave one of my shows in tears.

Bruce Forsyth

TearsLeaveShouldApartAgent

Math does come easily to me, but I was always much more interested in what theorems imply about the world than in proving them.

Antony Garrett Lisi

MeWorldMoreAlwaysProvingCome

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