Will Self Quotes

My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off hundreds of other particles, riffs, tropes and characters.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

IdeasCreatingTwoBigOffCritical

One of the jobs of a director is to ask questions. One of the jobs of the director is to stand in for the audience until they get there.

Joe Mantello

StandQuestionsAskDirectorGet

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.'

Jennifer Sky

SadHistoryTimeCuteYellowGo

There are people in our world today and unfortunately in our political system, they do not believe in evil. They have the modern, western, secular mind set. They don't believe evil exists. They are exactly the ones who are in danger of getting blindsided by evil. Because they're not prepared for it.

Joel C. Rosenberg

TodayPeopleMindEvilWorldSystem

I'm 6'2 and not a small person.

Andrew Rannells

SmallPerson

Daria Werbowy is my beauty icon.

Anna Ewers

BeautyIcon

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is.

Jeff Kober

WorldPresentOppositeSpeculation

I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe.

Tom Robbins

RomanticWomanPeoplePinkUniverse

The Deadwood dirt they painted on us with powder. The air always smelled of livestock and something burning, gave a sooty, dense feel to the air. It was a mixture of odors.

Robin Weigert

FeelAlwaysAirDirtSomethingUs

Military intelligence interrogators, however, their goal is to get information, to save lives, to stop the war, to find Saddam - whatever the information is going to be used for, at whatever cost.

Janis Karpinski

IntelligenceWarInformationGoal

I casually advise a few young companies, and I'm always surprised when I see them overthinking simple problems, adding too much structure too early, and trying to get formal too soon. Start-ups should embrace their scrappiness, not rush to toss it aside.

Jason Fried

SimpleProblemsTryingEarlyYoung

Housing wealth - the net equity held by households, consisting of the value of their homes minus their mortgage debt - is the most important source of wealth for all but those at the very top.

Janet Yellen

ValueWealthImportantDebtMortgage

All I ever wanted to do was coach, 'cause I knew I wasn't gonna be a player.

Jon Gruden

CoachKnewPlayerWantedCauseEver

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