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Iain Banks Quotes

I just come up with the stories and write them as well as I can. There's not really a great deal of strokey-beard thinking going on.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Great Thinking I Can Write Up Going

When the game is over it is really just beginning.

Beginning Game Over Over It Just

My goal is not to create a circumstance in which no one fails, but one in which many will succeed.

Succeed Goal Create Will Many Which

There are so many serious things in the world; I just choose not to be one of them.

World Choose Serious Things Just

The drums were new to me; I was just playing what was in my head. I was a guitar player originally - so on the drums, I just played what was in my head rather than caring too much about what others were playing. And in that way, I came up with a simple but unique style.

Style Simple Caring Me Guitar New

I'd never try to be that distinctive from the Bee Gees' sound. I'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee.

Bee Proud Try Never Sound Always

Too often, investors are the target of fraudulent schemes disguised as investment opportunities. As you know, if the balance is tipped to the point where investors are not confident that there are appropriate protections, investors will lose confidence in our markets, and capital formation will ultimately be made more difficult and expensive.

Confidence Balance Opportunities Lose

I like to think I'm not a narcissist, but truth be told, we all have those sides to our character.

Character Truth Think Sides Like

I made a rule not to be on reality shows.

Reality Rule Made Reality Shows

In credits, I'm 'Michael' sometimes now, but people know you as something, so there's no point fighting it. 'Squiggle,' you'll always be 'Prince,' and 'The Rock,' just accept it. I want to move on, but not that much. So I'm still known as 'Johnny Vegas.'

People Fighting Vegas You Sometimes

All writers are obviously neurotic... For various reasons, writers retreat into an imaginary world because they find ordinary life rather difficult or boring or both.

Christopher Koch

Life World Find Boring Difficult

Perhaps you could say that mountaineers are driven by ego or our competitiveness, but there's a lot more to it than that. Whether it's a huge face in the Himalaya or some crag in the woods behind your house, exploration offers us a unique perspective on the world that you can't really find anywhere else.

Perspective World Ego Woods Face

The absolute worst thing that you ever can do, in my opinion, in bringing science to the general public, is be condescending or judgmental. It is so opposite to the way science needs to be brought forth.

Science Opinion You Way Worst

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