Iain Banks Quotes

As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.

Iain Banks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: February 16, 1954 - June 9, 2013

Topics

PeopleBookLongYouMoreSee

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

Joan Didion

ThoughtNever ForgetForgetNever

Go to any hospital, you'll find wards that are run by senior nurses with matrons. The point is do they have the power, do they have the responsibility inside the hospital?

Andrew Lansley

PowerResponsibilityYouFindRun

I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.

Amy Winehouse

FamilyLoveWifeMomLookKnow

I am fairly physically aware and agile, and I imbue that into the characters I play.

Simon Helberg

I AmPlayAwareAgileAmPhysically

It's a big con job. We have sold the myth of Dublin as a sexy place incredibly well; because it is a dreary little dump most of the time.

Roddy Doyle

TimeJobSexyPlaceConBig

There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision.

Rupert Friend

GoodVisionOpinionRememberPlace

We do learn a thing or two from art. It may not be the one-to-one instruction of a moral lesson or the rote learning of a grammatical rule or mathematical concept. But the habits of mind art cultivates are important.

Michelle Dean

LearningArtMindLearnLessonTwo

If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.

Montel Williams

MoneyThinkGoWillUsedGoing

For me, the creative process is this giant patchwork of information.

Jonathan Anderson

CreativeMeProcessInformation

I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.

Drew Barrymore

PersonalitySpiritualSomeoneLovely

My singing days have passed. My voice is gone. My throat is worn. And my lungs are going fast.

Chuck Berry

SingingVoiceFastDaysGoneGoing

I don't really know exactly what the plan is... I'm not a person that's just pursuing acting or just pursuing singing or just pursuing dancing. You know, I would love to do reality television, I would like to go back to Broadway.

Todrick Hall

LoveSingingRealityPlanActing

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