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John Burdett quotes

Ocupation: Novelist

Life: b. July 24, 1951

Birthday: July 24

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I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

source: - "Bangkok 8". Book by John Burdett, June, 2003.

Topics: Sorry, Enlightenment, Want

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Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

source: - "Bangkok 8". Book by John Burdett, June, 2003.

Topics: Firsts, Obvious, Ask Me

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

Your fear of letting go prevents you from letting go of your fear of letting go.

Topics: Letting Go

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

Topics: People, Challenges, Stressed

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id.

Topics: Vegas, Expression, Glitter

The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

Topics: World, Amazing Places

To a Buddhist, contradictions only exist in a mind that has been forced to cultivate them.

source: - "HiSo society". www.theguardian.com. June 25, 2005.

Topics: Buddhist, Mind, Contradiction

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

Topics: Humility, Thinking, Kind

I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I dont think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?

Topics: Thinking, Average, Paris, Bangkok, Playing It Safe

In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time rice farmers to feed their families and make a living, it is a natural thing for anyone in the family who can find an alternative source of income to do so.

source: - "Bangkok 8". Book by John Burdett, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 2003.

Topics: Income, Alternatives, World, Natural Things, South Asia

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.

Topics: Safety, Imagination, Finals

The great weakness of the West is that it has nothing with which to inspire loyalty except wealth. But what is wealth? Another washing machine, a bigger car, a nicer house to live in? Not much to feed the spirit in all that.

source: - "Bangkok Tattoo". Book by John Burdett, 2006.

Topics: Loyalty, Car, House, Washing Machines

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

source: - "Thai Air. John Burdett on 'Bangkok Haunts'". "Austin Chronicle" Interview, www.austinchronicle.com. June 15, 2007.

Topics: Buddhist, Buddhism, Talking, Buddhist Monk, Meditating

Shun security, I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isnt agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.

Topics: Block, Writing, Enemy

When you notice light seeping into your coffin, it's hard to go on pretending that you're still dead.

source: - "Bangkok Haunts". Book by John Burdett, 2007.

Topics: Light, Coffins, Goes On

The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the rest of the world holds this to be an obscenity, a corruption of our nirvanic nature.

source: - John Burdett (2012). “Bangkok Haunts”, p.156, Hachette UK

Topics: Mind, World, Body

You don't understand. I only prostitute the part of the body that isn't important, and nobody suffers except my karma a little bit. I don't do big harm. You prostitute your mind. Mind is seat of Buddha. What you do is very very bad. You should not use your mind in that way

Topics: Karma, Mind, Suffering

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