Patrick Marber Quotes

A part of me would like to see the money go to hospitals or housing, but I have benefited so greatly from funding for the National Theatre, which has been incredible.

Patrick Marber

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 19, 1964

Topics

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Jojo Binay will not change.

Jejomar Binay

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I do not put my tastes as incredibly expensive, but they are incredibly expensive for an average man.

John Caudwell

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History is the history of human behavior, and human behavior is the raw material of fiction. Most people recognize that novelists do research to get the facts right - how a glove factory works, for example, or how courtesans in imperial Japan dressed.

Amy Waldman

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The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was China's golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by today's standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in 'barbarians' from the steppe.

Amy Chua

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If you're a writer, you know that the stories don't come to you - you have to go looking for them. The old men in the lobby: that's where the stories were.

Tom Waits

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In a packed programme tonight, we will be talking to an out-of-work contortionist who says he can no longer make ends meet.

Ronnie Barker

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When someone tells me, 'Oh, we have so many problems on Earth; space exploration costs too much money,' I say, 'I absolutely agree with you. But I still hope we do it.'

Mary Roach

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Desserts are last, but don't let them be least.

Johnny Iuzzini

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If you're an artist, you need to work. It doesn't matter how old you are, who you are. It doesn't matter if you're 12: if you draw, you draw. If you're 85 and you paint, you paint.

Chrissie Hynde

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I've never shied away from country. 'Karma Chameleon' verges on country. Reggae and country are very closely linked. If you go to Jamaica, you hear a lot of country music. There's a correlation.

Boy George

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With sons and fathers, there's an inexplicable connection and imprint that your father leaves on you.

Brad Pitt

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The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.

Bradley Walsh

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