Alan Furst When I get asked about novelists I like, they tend to be white, male, and British, like Graham Greene. They write the kind of declarative sentences I like. I don’t like to be deflected by acrobatics. – Alan Furst Acrobatics Quotes British Quotes Declarative Quotes Deflected Quotes Graham Quotes Greene Quotes Male Quotes Novelists Quotes Sentences Quotes Tend Quotes White Quotes Write Quotes For John le Carre, it was always who’s betraying who: the hall-of-mirrors kind of thing. When you go back to the ’30s, it’s a case of good vs. evil, and no kidding. When I have a hero who believes France and Britain are on the right side, a reader is not going to question that. My theory is that sometimes writers write books because they want to read them, and they aren’t there to be read. And I think that was true of me.
Andrew AdonisBaron Adonis It is clear to me that when London has expanded successfully in the past, there has always been a plan. – Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis
Nicholson Baker I think I am done with Wikipedia for the time being. But I have a secret hope. Someone recently proposed a Wikimorgue – a bin of broken dreams where all rejects could still be read, as long as they weren’t libelous or otherwise illegal. – Nicholson Baker
Jeremy Podeswa Aidan Gillen is such a great actor, and it was so nice to have an opportunity to work with him, even if it’s his last scene, because he had a tone that he’d never had before on the show. – Jeremy Podeswa
Nell Newman Have you ever read the back of the Newman’s Diavolo pasta sauce? Dad on the front is dressed like the devil with a little beard and horns. He says that he sells his soul to the devil for the recipe. It was banned in the South. They thought it was an abomination. – Nell Newman
Bruce Jay Friedman Never be possessive. If a female friend lets on that she is going out with another man, be kind and understanding. If she says she would like to go out with the Dallas Cowboys, including the coaching staff, the same rule applies. – Bruce Jay Friedman
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