Brookner Novelist Quotes & Sayings

Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense. — Donald J. Boudreaux

The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society. — Charles Horton Cooley

When time is scarce, use what you have. When time is plenty, remember, it will soon be scarce. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We can't say what we would do in other circumstances. We can only know what we will do with the ones we face. — Taylor Jenkins Reid

The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her. — Graham Greene

I don't want to be satisfied with where I'm at or happy about what I've done. I want to keep pushing it. — Patrick Kane

Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely ... Obsessing over the slipperiness of focus, bemoaning the volume of those devil "distractions," and constantly reassessing which shiny new "system" might make your life suddenly seem more sensible - these are all terrifically useful warning flares that you may be suffering from a deeper, more fundamental problem ... Know in your heart that what you're making or doing matters ... First, care. Then, as you'll happily and unavoidably discover, all that "focus" business has a peculiar way of taking care of itself. — Merlin Mann

I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require. — Garry Wills

I'm not an expert, but I want to be. — Ben Nicholson

In a crowd every sentiment and act is contagious, and contagious to such a degree that an individual readily sacrifices his personal interest to the collective interest. — Gustave Le Bon

It's not like changing one word with my lyrics is going to make them more intelligible or relatable. I was always very misunderstood and taken as very pretentious and serious all the time. I would think, "Do you not see there's a lot of tongue-in-cheek and humor here?". — Paul Banks

I'm a bad loser, but I'm not a good winner either - I like to rub it in people's faces! — Caroline Winberg

It is not necessary to corrupt people's morals. Their morals have been corrupting them for years. — Marty Rubin

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render. — Theodore Roosevelt

I'm a middle-class, middle-brow novelist. And that's it. It amuses me. — Anita Brookner