Frank Delaney Quotes

As an arts journalist in London, working mainly for the BBC, I interviewed hundreds if not thousands of authors. From them I gleaned a great deal of passing instruction in writing and I observed one fascinating detail: no two writers approach their work - physically - in the same way.

Frank Delaney

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: October 24, 1942 - February 21, 2017

Topics

WorkGreatDetailWritingWaySame

I've tried writing with music on, but I find it distracting.

John Grisham

MusicWritingFindTriedDistracting

Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities.

Stanley Hauerwas

GodSinKnowThroughOwnOur

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and you know Earth, you may make your victory complete.

Sun Tzu

YourselfVictorySayingStandYou

The fans are nuts. They are wild. They have the Patriots' back no matter what.

Rob Gronkowski

BackMatterWildNutsFansPatriots

I hate homemade sweaters.

Mo Rocca

HateSweatersHomemade

If I'm in the 'hood, I like Chef Creole's Haitian rice and stewed chicken.

DJ Khaled

ChefHoodChickenRiceLikeHaitian

Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.

Dorothy Allison

GenderClassRaceInsideNeedOther

It must be quite mysterious to some people why I bother to carry on. Because, you know, I don't sell that many records.

Brian Eno

PeopleYouKnowWhyMysteriousSell

Success is easy to take for granted.

Bradley Wiggins

SuccessEasyTake For GrantedTake

A lot of the traditional sitcom stuff I did - I think I could have gone that route when I was younger as a staff writer, and I just didn't want to.

Brian Posehn

ThinkWantGoneJustStuffRoute

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

Wilma Mankiller

SuccessNever Give UpNeverSecret

Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a secret desire that through meditation we will accumulate a stockpile of magical experiences, or at least a mystical trophy or two, and then we will be able to proudly display them for others to see.

Sharon Salzberg

ExperienceEffortConstructionDesire

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