Iain Sinclair Quotes

I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.

Iain Sinclair

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 11, 1943

Topics

GovernmentIdentityFeelDifficult

I have a small vocabulary, which I move around fast.

Jerry Della Femina

SmallFastVocabularyMoveAround

I love to cook and really enjoy cleaning my house. People always tease me about getting a maid. My girlfriend tells me that they are only $40 and will do everything. But that is my time to unwind, put my hair in a ponytail, throw on sweats, and be myself.

Amy Weber

LoveTimeMyselfPeopleMeHair

The nature of the beast is that film is a director's medium. It's not a Tracy Letts play, it's a John Wells film. 'August: Osage County,' as a play, is done. Written. On the shelf. It'll be performed in its entirety for years.

Tracy Letts

NatureBeastPlayDoneDirector

Very few companies can perform at scale over the course of decades, and Yahoo has done that.

Ross Levinsohn

DoneOverDecadesCourseScaleFew

When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Philip Seymour Hoffman character in 'Almost Famous,' in my life, and there just wasn't. It was really frustrating for me because I desired that so much.

Mike Birbiglia

LifeCharacterMeThoughtMy Life

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this.

Chinua Achebe

GreatDiversityProblemYouSimplify

I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn.

Christine Baranski

LearnEnjoyMoreFilm

My mom raised me to never have anything control me.

Chris Tucker

MeMomControlNeverAnything

It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work of art. So it is with the actor who really lives a great role and is proud of the part he played.

Conrad Veidt

WorkGoodLiveGreatArtJoy

I think I suffer from body dysmorphia - I don't see what other people see.

Britt Ekland

PeopleThinkBodySeeSufferOther

I was a bartender in New York and I overheard this girl saying she made $3000 doing a commercial. A kid at work told me, 'Hey, I know this director and he'd really like you!'. So I walked into this guy's office and was like 'I was thinking maybe I could make $3000' and he hired me for commercials, short films, like 15 jobs in a row.

Pauley Perrette

WorkGirlNew YorkMeSayingShort

I love soap operas - the stories, the plots! And I love the game shows and the courtroom dramas and the detectives - Jessica Fletcher, 'Columbo,' 'Perry Mason,' 'L.A. Law.' Any sense of guilt appeals to me in a television program - a sense of guilt, or a sense of making a lot of money.

Peter Ackroyd

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