Will Self Quotes

I'm very happy for whatever plaudits might come the way of my work, but I never ever sit down to write x with y in view - whether it's a reader, a prize or a sale.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkHappyViewDownWayNever

It's really fun to have the spotlight and feel ready for it. Not in a conceited way. But just like, 'Man, I think I'm going to give you what you need.'

Andy Grammer

ManFunThinkFeelYouReady

I've been trying to sing for a long time. I didn't realize that's what I wanted to do until I was about seven or eight. I tap danced since I was three years old, and that's all I did.

Trevor Jackson

TimeTryingLongLong TimeThree

I want my team to be the best. I want my team to be the most attractive to play in the league.

Romelu Lukaku

BestTeamPlayWantAttractiveMost

There is nothing wrong with eating sweets, fried foods, pastries, even drinking soda every now and then, but food manufacturers have made eating these formerly expensive and hard-to-make treats so cheap and easy that we're eating them every day.

Michael Pollan

FoodDayEatingEasyEvery DayNow

I would say I'm a nice person, and I take pride in the fact that I treat everyone really well, so there's no reason for anyone to ever come at me because I only want the best for everybody else.

Miley Cyrus

BestMeTreatPridePersonNice

I feel like, in Boston, I was a little too complacent. I could get on stage when I wanted. I didn't feel like I was pushing myself. I could get work in New England and not have to travel too much.

Josh Gondelman

WorkMyselfTravelFeelToo Much

Nick Zinner has been one of my favorite guitar players for a long time.

Johnny Marr

TimeGuitarLongLong TimeBeen

What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?

Djuna Barnes

TimeEnduranceRuinItselfEasing

To get rich is glorious.

Deng Xiaoping

RichGetGlorious

I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism.

Condoleezza Rice

EducationCommunityRacismParents

It's a fact of life that there will be oil spills, as long as oil is moved from place to place, but we must have provisions to deal with them, and a capability that is commensurate with the size of the oil shipments.

Sylvia Earle

LifeLongPlaceWillOilSize

I've been around the music business for a long time now, and I've had a lot of chances to do movies. But I didn't really want to do any until I found stuff that started to hit me in the right place.

Tim McGraw

BusinessMusicTimeMeLongPlace

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