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Daniel Levitin Quotes

I actually became a producer because I saw the producers getting all the babes. They were stealing them from the guitarists.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 27, 1957

Topics

Stealing Producer Because Saw Them

I'd write songs like 'One Big Holiday,' and we'd play it and say, 'It's too heavy for 'At Dawn.' Let's save it for the next one.' We had more time for that, but when you mix a song, the general rule of thumb for us is a song a day or usually a day and a half.

Time Day Song Dawn You Holiday

My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.

Jennifer Gilmore

Past Me Research Story Find Way

I hated the '80s for years, and now I look back and think, actually, there was something really cool about it.

Cool Think Look Back Now Years

It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.

Fear Important Defend Ability Act

Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything.

Beautiful Will Anything English Most

It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.

Change Great Face Will See Screen

Most people like a little sex in their novels.

People Sex Little Like Most Novels

Your celebrity capital rises and falls in any given year. And when you have some - temporarily, usually - you try to use it for some good.

Steven Van Zandt

Good Year You Celebrity Try Your

I've loved 'Vanity Fair' since I was 16 years old. You know, we're all colonial hangovers in India, steeped in English literature. It is one of these novels that I read under the covers at my convent boarding school in Simla.

School Loved Literature You Vanity

Fashion is an incredibly tough, unforgiving industry.

Fashion Tough Industry Unforgiving

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Funny Habit Tired You Laziness More

This country was founded on a promise of equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move closer to that promise, little by little, one day at a time. It may not be easy - but we'll get there together.

Time Day Together Easy Country

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