"I loathe computers more and more, so I have one I can shut down and shelve like a book."

-- Will Self

#Book Quotes #Down And Quotes #Computer Quotes

“Your appearance can be a weapon. As powerful as any knife or gun.”
“I thought that's what happened to women: You live alone when you're old.”
“The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.”
“One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price.”
“Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work.”
“The past doesn't haunt us, we haunt the past.”
“My last point about getting started as a writer: do something first, good or bad, successful or not, and write it up before approaching an editor. The best introduction to an editor is your own written work, published or not. I traveled across Siberia on my own money before ever approaching an editor; I wrote my first book, Siberian Dawn, without knowing a single editor, with no idea of how to get it published. I had to risk my life on the Congo before selling my first magazine story. If the rebel spirit dwells within you, you won't wait for an invitation, you'll invade and take no hostages.”
“Nostalgia locates desire in the past where it suffers no active conflict and can be yearned toward pleasantly.”

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