"I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties."

-- Steig Larsson

#Fun Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.”
“I don't use the word 'pet.' I think it's speciest language. I prefer 'companion animal.' We would no longer allow... pet shops... Eventually companion animals would be phased out.”
“I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart.”
“My own movement of thought is not meant to be a straight point-to-point, linear line of march, but horizontal exploration from one area of interest to another. There is no ultimate destination - no finish line to cross, no final conclusion to be reached. It's the way I feel about dancing - you move around a lot, not to get somewhere, but to be somewhere in time.”
“Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.”
“To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists are self-contained, but they still need advice about producers and collaborations and single choice. They need an army and a perspective and creative friction, because nobody has all the ideas.”
“I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.”
“As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.”

Source : "Portrait of the artist: Paul McGann, actor". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. August 03, 2009.

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