Ian Mcewan Quotes

I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.

Ian Mcewan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: June 21, 1948

Topics

StrengthConfidenceBuildingThink

It is now possible to target adverts to the right person at the right time in the right place. But that is not enough.

Jerry Della Femina

TimeRight PersonEnoughPersonNow

You make a choice in your life, and it affects your life in all the ways, good and bad.

John Mayer

LifeGoodYouBadChoiceAffects

A mayor is a symbol and a public face of what a city bureaucracy provides its citizens.

John Hickenlooper

CityFaceBureaucracyMayorCitizens

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

John Wooden

ChangeFailureMightFatal

One of the reasons I started Tzadik, which is my own label, is to keep things in print. I got tired of labels dropping things out of print when they don't sell.

John Zorn

TiredMy OwnOutOwnStartedSell

I want to learn how to play an instrument. I want to break a world record. I'm just a very determined, motivated type of person.

Alyson Stoner

WorldLearnPersonPlayWantBreak

Martial arts is like dance. It's so beautiful and what I love about the martial arts mostly is that what it basically says is you take their energy and you redirect it. Then if you need to, use it on them. That whole thing about redirecting energy I love.

Rutger Hauer

LoveBeautifulDanceEnergyYou

At the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, we have long had a tradition of close cooperation between physicists and technicians.

Luis Walter Alvarez

TraditionLongCooperationLaboratory

What a man knows is everywhere at war with what he wants.

Joseph Wood Krutch

ManWarKnowsHeWantsEverywhere

Many years, I would publish four books - an anthology, a book of criticism, a new book of poems, a book of essays.

Donald Hall

BookCriticismNewYearsWouldFour

I saw 'Starbuck' before I ever knew I would be involved in 'Delivery Man,' but I liked it, and then a couple of months went by, and I really knew I wanted to audition for it when it became available.

Cobie Smulders

ManDeliveryInvolvedAvailableSaw

My music comes from many, many, many places. My emotions, my feelings, my thoughts, and conversations I have with people I know who influence me.

Alicia Keys

MusicPeopleMeThoughtsInfluence

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