Books Quote by Graeme Simsion Download Open image “I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.” — Graeme Simsion ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Dreamed Early Early 20s Had Movie Novel Out Screenplay Screenplays Since Write Writing
Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
When I was really young I didn't know that there was such a thing as a screenwriter. I wrote stories. — John Sayles Copy Share Image
Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else.… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
Honestly, I never dreamed of being a writer; it felt too unrealistic to even dream about. — Anna Todd Copy Share Image
I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but… — Ben Richards Copy Share Image
For the entire decade of my 30s and the early part of my 40s, I didn't write a word of fiction. I just left… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I never had a moment of wanting to be a writer. I wanted to be an actress, but writing was just a thing I… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
When I was in my early 20s, my dream was to write mystery novels. I wanted to do what my favourite crime writer, Ross… — Linwood Barclay Copy Share Image
“My questionnaire would be ruthless in filtering out women who were concerned with appearance.” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“I decided that ten positions would be sufficient initially. More could be learned if the initial encounter was successful. It did not take long—less… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“Fault! Asperger’s isn’t a fault. It’s a variant. It’s potentially a major advantage. Asperger’s syndrome is associated with organization, focus, innovative thinking, and rational… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
I feel I've done the 10,000 hours you have to do to get good at something. — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
Research consistently shows that the risks to health outweigh the benefits of drinking alcohol. My argument is that the benefits to my mental health… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“When I returned, wearing an uncomfortably large white shirt, with a decorative frill in the front, I tried to introduce the Wife Project, but… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“I need a minute to think,” she said. I automatically started the timer on my watch. Suddenly Rosie started laughing. I looked at her,… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“I would normally have scheduled my driving time according to published studies on fatigue and booked accommodation accordingly. But I had been too busy… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“used the precise speed indication on the GPS to set the cruise control to the exact speed limit, rather than relying on the artificially… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“In the last eight weeks I had experienced two of the three best times of my adult life, assuming all visits to the Museum… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“Asperger's isn't a fault. It's a variant. It's potentially a major advantage.” — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image