Gerald Seymour famous quotes

I usually am accused of having a crystal ball into which I can gaze and look into the future.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Balls #Looks #Crystals

Research, for me, it's trying to get a mood, a mood of a place and style of people and it's also trying to boost my confidence and get the adrenalin flowing. I go off on my trips to odd places and dark corners, feeling somewhat apprehensive and nervous.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Dark #People #Feelings

Very rarely does anyone say that the TV is better than the book.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Book #Doe #Tvs

We all hope that TV will bring something added to the book - not just an audience - it will bring an interpretation and skills that you may not have as a writer.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Book #Skills #May

I'm not a journalist any more. I don't have to stick a microphone up somebody's nostril and I don't have a camera lens behind my shoulder, I think people talk to me in a much franker way.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Thinking #People #Cameras

I am one of the world's dreadful technophobes. I was on the internet, but it's broken down and I've unplugged it.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Broken #World #Down And

The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Desire #Succeed #Fear Of Failure

I don't tend to redraft, I will try to tidy it up, but basically I feel what I write down first has got the impetus, it may be clumsy, it may be repetitive, but a good editor can take that out. That first writing bit is the best thing you will do.
-- Gerald Seymour

#Writing #Editors #Trying

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter
-- Gerald Seymour

#Men #Fighter #Terrorist

Playing on turf affects everything, you know, it affects the way the ball rolls, it affects the way the ball bounces, it affects the way you think about whether or not going into a slide. It's kind of a nightmare.

It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.

In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.

Beautifully shot, impeccably paced, it was a clear, unrelenting look at the National Trust, its friends and enemies, and it makes you want to burn your passport and beg the Luftwaffe to have another go.

Tut, Tut, looks like rain

Look at the blogosphere - the biggest lavatory wall in the universe, a palimpsest of graffiti and execration.

Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.

I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.

And the needles of the pine trees, freshly washed to a deep, rich green, shimmered with droplets that blinked like clear crystals.

Beauty hath no lustre save when it gleameth through the crystal web that purity's fine fingers weave for it.