Clavell Books Quotes & Sayings

I always wanted to be a hairdresser. — David Beckham

I should have looked into my own heart, and found this new growth springing up there, and plucked it out while it was young. — Wilkie Collins

Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God. — Rick Warren

I've been in the habit of helping people. — Seamus Heaney

I wouldn't buy somebody's album on a dare if they called him a musician's musician. I don't write to be a writer's writer. I don't want to be like the little-magazine writer. — Barry Hannah

One of the best ways to realize that age is an illusion is to have your body get older and realize that you are who you always have been. — Alan Cohen

When I cleaned up some 17 odd years ago, I felt terrible for about six months. The only thing that gave me any real relief was strenuous physical activity. — James Taylor

I write short stories. They may appear big in size, but when you consider it, they're four or five novels in one ... In return for picking up one of my books, I'm trying to give them value for their money ... the goal of writing any book is to create the illusion that what you are reading is reality and you're part of it. — James Clavell

Sometimes it takes every weapon, every tactic, and every strength to get to what I call a good idea. — Sameh Elsayed

Haiti is the best cure against melancholy; it is also the most creative place for me to be. My productivity has increased enormously since I moved to Haiti. That's where I write my stories, develop my ideas and write nonstop, so it's a productive time, not a sleepy time. — Jorgen Leth

Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul. — Epicurus

In a world where seasons of planting harvests and inundation ruled life and death, it was imperative to bring the gods into daily life to help things along. The more a king invested in festivals of cyclical renewal, the more prosperity the gods bestowed. But if the gods were ignored, bad floods would result, and that meant meager planting and poor harvest, which led in turn to drought, pestilence, disease and death. — Kara Cooney

Her eyes astar with dreams — L.M. Montgomery

Figure skating was a pretty individual sport. I've grown up a lot since those days and enjoy being part of a team now. Being a doctor is about working with nurses, therapists, anesthesiologists, and I've learned more about team play being a doctor than when I was in sports. — Debi Thomas

It's probably unwise to clean the house you're illegally trespassing in, assuming you don't want the person to know you were there." "I've heard that." Amaranthe clasped her hands behind her back. "Though, if people invaded my home, I'd view the intrusion with less animosity if they dusted while they were there. — Lindsay Buroker

There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man. — Samuel Johnson