- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Think Quotes
Quotes that share what people really think.
Many quotes here open with a direct 'I think,' offering personal beliefs - some lighthearted, like using comedy as a defense, others sobering, including grim predictions about where humanity is headed. A few weigh in on cryptography and the future of communication, a subject also touched on in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.
- Enough Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first novel was turned down by half a dozen publishers. And even after having published five or six books, I wasn't making enough money to live on, and was beginning to think I'd have to give up the dream of being a full-time writer.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to think that: whenever I heard that someone had taken 10 years to write a novel, I'd think it must be a big, serious book. Now I think, 'No - it took you one year to write, and nine years to sit around eating Kit Kats.'
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.
- Creative Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm often asked how I write books, but I don't think my approach is suitable for everyone. If I walked into a creative writing class, all I could say to them was 'I tend to make it up as I go along.' I'm not sure that's brilliant advice.
- Nov 07, 2020
At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not Rebus. We're not the same. I don't even think he'd like me if we met. He'd think I was a wishy-washy liberal.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think great players can play in any year, that's why they're great. A lot of it is down to the mental approach.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020