Will Self Quotes

What fiction offers us is an intimacy shorn of the messy contingencies of human existence - gender, race, class or age. Those moments of transcendence when we exclaim 'You know exactly what I mean!' depend for much of their force on the anonymous character of the intimacy between writer and reader.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I worked in Trenton, and then I got sidetracked into comedy and then onto 'SNL.' And then into being a live performer - what I do now; virtually that's what I am: I'm a live entertainer.

Joe Piscopo

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Everyone should have a blog. It's the most democratic thing ever.

Jessica Cutler

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Don't make being a girl or a victim part of your stand-up act. If you encounter sexism in the business, don't bring it on stage; it's not funny.

Jen Kirkman

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I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy.

Michael Dorn

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I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

John Ruskin

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You don't brag about putting someone in hospital. It's absolutely horrible.

Tony Bellew

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Wrestling moves are made for arenas, not the screen.

Roddy Piper

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The Earth isn't an infinite sheet that carries on for ever, but it doesn't have an edge, either. It's compact and connected.

Janna Levin

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In the Federal Government, electronic records are as indispensable as their paper counterparts for documenting citizens' rights, the actions for which officials are accountable, and the nation's history.

Allen Weinstein

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Everybody has their 15 minutes, and those 15 minutes should be spent in a private limo and a private plane. It's the ultimate.

William Shatner

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I see the effects of sexual and gender liberation all around me, just like you do, but I don't have a sense of being in the majority.

Susie Bright

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Games have grown and developed from this limited in-the-box experience to something that's everywhere now. Interactive content is all around us, networked, ready. This is something I've been hoping for throughout my career.

Shigeru Miyamoto

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