Ian Rankin Quotes

Why does any novelist keep writing long after they've made money? Because they've failed to write the perfect novel.

Ian Rankin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 28, 1960

Topics

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It's that invasive and puerile curiosity to feed a tabloid culture. I don't subscribe to it.

John Byrne

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Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Maya Angelou

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It's very likely that graduates, current employees and retirees have some wonderful pieces of Deer Park history in their closets or garages.

Matt Lucas

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When we get in a routine we can become zombie-like and shut down.

Tori Amos

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I always like to keep one hand in the tepee and the other hand in the synagogue. Wouldn't it be great if there was a combination of the two? You could go to synagogue, and it would be really hot in there.

Robbie Robertson

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It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.

Mignon McLaughlin

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I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

Miranda Hart

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Just because we're on schedule is no reason to shoot bad acting. Someone once said to me, 'You're inconsiderate.' And I said, 'Inconsiderate? Bad acting is the ultimate inconsideration.' It's a collective slap to a million faces at the same time.

Debra Winger

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I've got this thing with skating and school - to see how much I can accomplish.

Debi Thomas

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Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents... but he continually had physical accidents... he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing.

Chevy Chase

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I'm intent on marketing Jamaica. Jamaica has the best coffee, the best sugar, the best ginger and some of the best cocoa in the world.

Chris Blackwell

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Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.

Suze Orman

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