- Nov 07, 2020
Good Quotes
Quotes on what it means to be good.
This page rounds up quotes using 'good' in different senses - the simplicity behind good mathematical solutions, the self-importance that can come with good intellectual work, and a wry line about baseball being kinder after retirement. Related pages include Good Luck Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing.
- I Am
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good data bank of medical information and there is a key thing for a writer knowing where to go. I know where to go to get the information that I need.
- Good Thing
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The good thing about TV is that you can still watch the product, even if you're not in charge of it anymore.
- Keep Going
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The first draft of everything, I write longhand. One of the nice things about that is that it makes you keep going. If you write a bad sentence on the computer, then it's very tempting to go back and fidget with it and spend another 20 minutes trying to make it into a good sentence.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it.
- Great
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie.
- Everything
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary, has been something that I've been really enthusiastic about.
- Enthusiasm
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I've always followed my enthusiasm. Whether the pictures have turned out good or not is one thing - but I've always had a lot of enthusiasm for the project at hand.
- Food
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Travelling to make television programmes means I have some unusual food memories. In Pasto, Colombia, I was taken to a restaurant where I chose my meat for the evening from a cage of white rats. It tasted perfectly good - like rabbit.
- Food
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Food is about communal togetherness. Our family does sit at the table. I think it's a great tragedy if a family doesn't have a table, as there is such an atmosphere of good will and warmth when we have eight people sitting around it.
- Long
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It is not difficult to come up with a long list of cricketers who like to have a good time - from the village green to the Test arena, it is a sociable sport.
- New
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
With new fast bowlers on the international circuit few and far between, it's always good to see someone new coming through.
- Down
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Archer has a loose-limbed approach in a run-up that is not very long. He gets into a good position at the crease and releases the ball late from a very high action. He snaps the ball down at genuine pace. He has rhythm to his bowling.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me that I could take an aspect of myself, and from that one bit of personality, I can create a character. This is what I have done, particularly in my novels.
- First
- |
- Nov 07, 2020