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Quotes by English Authors
"There are seven songs finished and on par with any that are on Siren's."
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
"I've had quite a few moments I've liked, so it's good enough."
"What I gave I have, what I spent I had, what I left I lost by not giving it."
"I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way."
"The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate."
"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."
"It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary."
"One way of looking at speech is to say it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness."
"Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there."
"Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection."
"It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."
"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."
"No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself."
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
"Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill."
"It's a lucky child that knows that they're a genius, unaimed and all that."
"Use that fluff of yours you call a brain."
"When people say, 'She's got everything', I've got one answer - I haven't had tomorrow."
"Hence the end of the world should be awaited with all longing by all believers."
"There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best."
"Belief sloshes around in the firmament like lumps of clay spiralling into a potter's wheel. That's how gods get created, for example. They clearly must be created by their own believers, because a brief resume of the lives of most gods suggests that their origins certainly couldn't be divine. They tend to do exactly the things people would do if only they could, especially when it comes to nymphs, golden showers, and the smiting of your enemies."
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