Around Quote by Tibor Fischer Download Open image “No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention.” — Tibor Fischer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Around Attention Book Books Knocking Looking Looking For Attention Masterpiece Own Want Wants Your
Don't bow down to critics who have not themselves written great masterpieces. — Lawrence Ferlinghetti Copy Share Image
“Authors, artists, and even philosophers are much better off having a very small number of fanatics behind them than a large number of people… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
No one should ever finish a book they're not enjoying, no matter how popular or well reviewed the book is. — Nancy Pearl Copy Share Image
When I receive a new novel from a hopeful publisher - "hoping that I like the book as much as he does" - I… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
The book is a form in which some of the greatest masterpieces that mankind has ever achieved are expressed; — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
“We might not want to share our food or our money, but we do want to share our judgement. We want others to think… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
You can't really win as a Booker judge. If you choose the obvious names, the unit-shifters, you're accused of being timid and unimaginative; if… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
“It would be so nice to have a real choice, fumed Gyuri. It was like Hungary being between Germany and the Soviet Union. What… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
Outside their country, Hungarian directors have had, from the critics at least, a friendly reception. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
Opening the fridge door, I found a rat eating the cheese. My dealings with rodents, particularly those tagged verminous, have been few, but generally… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
“There are those who say clothes are frippery, jumped-.up nothingness. They’re wrong. They say that style only makes you feel invincible and successful, but… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book. If I make sure… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
Once you've been backstage at a theater, the theater is never the same for you. Once you've noticed the crack in the vase, the… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I guess, it's a father's dream for his daughter to be known around the world. — Liza Soberano Copy Share Image
I've been to Manchester enough to know it's a real place. It's not Factory Records and the Smiths bicycling around. I get it. It's… — James Murphy Copy Share Image
I guess I'm attracted to things that are fun. I guess what is fun about this role in 'Suburgatory' is that there's a lot… — Alan Tudyk Copy Share Image
When I was a teen, I would draw a really, really long line around my eyes with eyeliner, like Lola Flores. — Rosalia Copy Share Image
I think the issues around diversity of all kinds are really a huge problem in the startup world. — Daniel Lyons Copy Share Image
You always hear actors say, 'Theater is my first love,' and it is. It's a time when you really get to do what you… — Amy Landecker Copy Share Image
Not having drops and not taking plays off, if I do that it will make everyone around me better. — Demaryius Thomas Copy Share Image
I can look around a room and tell you if there are hidden cameras or not. — Lauren Ash Copy Share Image
You couldn't get me to go travel around and sit in a hotel room again. I have no interest in doing that. So everybody's… — Phil Everly Copy Share Image
I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off. — Rachel McAdams Copy Share Image
Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around,… — Banks Copy Share Image
