Will Self Quotes

I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything else was always a displacement activity.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MyselfRememberBackI CanWrite

I think it seems to be when I'm trusted, and someone just lets me have free rein - 'Do what you want, man' - that kind of confidence that directors instil in me always gets my best stuff out.

Joe Gilgun

ConfidenceBestManMeFreeThink

How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or a book review, or even a film script, but for fiction I must have my own desk, my own wall with my own postcards pinned to it, and my own window not to look out of.

John Banville

WorkWindowBookHotelEnvyLook

Sand is one of the best exfoliates out there! Take a handful of sand and rub it on your skin in small circles. When you're done, wash it off and presto... you get spa like skin, without the price tag.

Jenna Morasca

BestSmallSandYouSkinDone

We're not just making 'Marco Polo,' we're living it. Because we traveled to Venice... Kazakhstan... into the jungles of Malaysia.

John Fusco

TraveledLivingVenicePoloJust

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Jean-Paul Sartre

BattleLostThinks

Time and energy are finite. You only have so many hours in a day and so many days of your life. The solution to using your time wisely isn't about exerting more energy - eventually you'll run out of steam. The key to reaching your greatest potential is about working smarter, not harder.

Amy Morin

LifeTimeDayEnergyKeyPotential

I think if it's not monumental, there's no point.

Stephan Jenkins

ThinkPointI ThinkNo Point

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.

Sophocles

LifeGoodMenManSayingYou

In middle-income countries, inequality becomes a problem because you can see there is a layer of people who are doing well, while the poor are still stuck there.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

PeopleProblemDoingYouInequality

The battle royals are usually among my least favorite matches.

Rob Van Dam

BattleFavoriteLeastAmongMatches

I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

Julia Holter

MusicPeopleThinkProblemEnough

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear.

Desmond Dekker

MeWriteSeeI SeeSongsHappening

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