A. N. Wilson Quotes

Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.

A. N. Wilson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 27, 1950

Topics

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I love New York: it reminds me a bit of London.

Joe Gilgun

LoveNew YorkMeNewLondonI Love

Somebody wrote a script around us, but Dustin Abraham came with the best one.

Method Man

BestUsSomebodyAbrahamAround

When I look at someone's face, there's something in my brain that just clicks - that breaks down their face into the elements that go into a caricature. It might be like the way a chef tastes a dish and can break down into elements what went into it.

Steve Breen

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I always feel as if I'm a disappointment: that people want a grand dame in furs like Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Sue Townsend

PeopleDisappointmentFeelWantLike

I'm a bit suspicious of people who are narrow in their musical tastes.

Steven Hall

PeopleWhoSuspiciousNarrowTastes

I didn't grow up in a regular upbringing. I ended up at my grandmother's house past a certain age, so I took care of things myself. I moved out of home when I was 16.

Sky Ferreira

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I didn't really want anyone to know that I wanted to write music or make songs because, in a way, I didn't necessarily know if I wanted to do it for a profession. I wanted to do it to express myself.

Shura

MusicMyselfKnowWantWayWrite

I was skating with friends in my neighborhood, and then eventually I was invited to go to the skate park with one of them. When I saw people flying all around - literally flying in and out of bowls - that is when I knew I wanted to do it. I wanted to figure out how I could get there and how I could fly.

Tony Hawk

PeopleFlyFlyingFriendsGoPark

For the amount of money that the country is going to spend this year on health care, you can go out and hire a doctor for every seven families in the US and pay the doctor almost $230,000 a year to cover them.

Ron Wyden

HealthMoneyDoctorCareYearYou

Before 'Cinderella Man,' I didn't box. But I boxed. It's possible. You go and you work hard at things.

Craig Bierko

WorkManWork HardYouGoPossible

I just want to see a good movie. Fortunately, good movies come in all sorts of genres.

Colin Cunningham

GoodWantMoviesSeeGood Movie

I knew I would always be an artist, but when you move to Nashville, this is a writer's town. I moved here to focus on that and started pitching demos and immediately was asked to be an artist.

Brett Young

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