“A risk is something nasty you smell and an issue is something nasty you stand in.” — Peter Taylor Risk Copy Share Image
“Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.” – Charlie McCarthy (Edgar Bergen)” — Peter Taylor Ambition Copy Share Image
“Forgetting the injustices and seeming injustices which one suffered from one's parents during childhood and youth must be the major part of… — Peter Taylor Childhood Copy Share Image
“But maybe it was only that Father was thinking that he must arrive in Memphis with the entire family household intact if… — Peter Taylor Family Copy Share Image
“One makes advances. You do! You come to see what your story is like. That’s part of the fun: to see how… — Peter Taylor Copy Share Image
“When starting out in a job or role for the first time there is often a belief (both from the individual and… — Peter Taylor Faith Copy Share Image
“Never be afraid to try something new. Remember: It was a lone amateur who built the Ark – and a large group… — Peter Taylor Titanic Copy Share Image
“I’ve always had a dislike of any form of didacticism, especially when it becomes the dominant element in writing. Character and emotional… — Peter Taylor Happiness Copy Share Image
“My own view of Father was not nearly so high-flown or complicated. For me he was flesh and blood and until the… — Peter Taylor Father Copy Share Image
“I quote Frank O’Connor to my students: that when you are writing a story, at some point the story must take over.… — Peter Taylor Writer Copy Share Image
“I think he is the ornament of society! Oh, there is not just one role for the artist in society. He has… — Peter Taylor Art Copy Share Image
“I feel strongly against professionalism, against someone’s feeling he has to write a book every year to keep his name before the… — Peter Taylor Books Copy Share Image
“I think trying to write is a religious exercise. You are trying to understand life, and you can only get the illusion… — Peter Taylor Art Copy Share Image
“Forgetting the injustices and seeming injustices which one suffered from one’s parents during childhood and youth must be the major part of… — Peter Taylor Childhood Copy Share Image
“A project manager was out walking in the countryside one day when a frog called out to her. She bent down, picked… — Peter Taylor Copy Share Image
