Will Self Quotes

I'm an anarchist. I'm implacably opposed to heirarchical systems of power and control. I also mistrust crowds, as they often operate according to their lowest common denominator. In terms of evolutionary psychology, the crowd is very close to a herd of stampeding wildebeest.

Will Self

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PowerControlPsychologyCrowdHerd

Can you imagine watching 'All in the Family' and having an outlet like Twitter? Where you could discuss it while it's happening? I think that would be a really interesting thing.

Jim Rash

FamilyThinkInterestingYouImagine

If I had a reality show, it would probably be called 'Keeping Fit with Jesse Tyler Ferguson' because then I'd be forced to hit the gym every day.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson

DayRealityEvery DayGymShowFit

I am that lucky woman who has been living my life all my life. Anything can happen now. Anything. And it will be only whip cream and delightful things. Even in the conflict and the hardship.

Melissa Leo

LifeWomanI AmConflictMy Life

I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors.

John Shelton Reed

PeopleBlackHeritageI CanWant

Basically I am just another actor who loves his work and this thing about age only exists in the media.

Amitabh Bachchan

WorkAgeI AmMediaActorJust

Visibility is a tricky thing; is someone visible when you can point her out in a crowd, or when you understand what her life feels like to her?

Stacey D'Erasmo

LifeSomeoneYouUnderstandOutHer

The day will come, however, when they will truly know the Unification Church and me. The day will come when the truth will be known and the message of love will be taught. On that day, their regret will be deep.

Sun Myung Moon

LoveTruthDayMeRegretDeep

One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left.

Trevor Rabin

KnowTryInspirationThingsLeft

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

WaitingWingsYouAheadNextStay

Fettucini alfredo is macaroni and cheese for adults.

Mitch Hedberg

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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better.

Lucy Walker

WorkTruthPeopleMeBetterTrying

The thing that is incredibly helpful is that we screen the movies and we ask the audience if they like it or not and we ask a lot of questions and do testing on the movies. For comedies, at least, it's very helpful. If they're not laughing and they don't say that they loved it, then I have screwed up.

Judd Apatow

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