Arthur Hailey famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Writing #People #Able
Since when was the stock market an accurate barometer of anything?
-- Arthur Hailey

#Barometer #Accurate
The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Humor #President #Foul
Let us then remember the dead-and all wars-gratefully. And let us hope that because of them we may become a touch better, a thimbleful wiser, and a handshake more tolerant of this changing world they did not live to see.
-- Arthur Hailey

#War #World #May
No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Believe #Moving #Men
Winners will be losers if they don't support the losers.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Support #Loser #Winner
I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words â€” not almost right words. Before you ask, I'll tell you that yes, I do write 600 at the top of my pad every day, and I keep track of the word count to insure I reach my quota daily â€” without fail.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Writing #Weather #Track
I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Goes On #Want
I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Real #Real Life #Thinking
Don't put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family's life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Country #Believe #Moving
I have been extraordinarily lucky. Anyone who pretends that some kind of luck isn't involved in his success is deluding himself.
-- Arthur Hailey

#Luck #Lucky #Kind

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