"The fictional work is a kind of actor……" — Will Self

"The fictional work is a kind of actor that wears a satirical garb but can put on other costumes as well."

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112 Quotes by Will Self

Will Self has 112 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Drug use and procrastination often go hand in tourniquet.
So I was smacked up on the Prime Minister's jet – big deal.
I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at…
I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer.
Lust was a positive high-tension cable, plugged into my core, activating a near-epileptic seizure of conviction that this was the…
If the seventies were bulbous, and the eighties sharp, the nineties were nothing but bogus.
The seventies were my fattest decade. Overall I think the seventies were distinctly bulbous. People looked chunky, typefaces were rounded,…
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved…
...catching a glimpse of his rather hippyish form in a mirror, he wonders at this atavism of apparel, is it…
Whenever I produce my best work, it's always because I've spent time being idle. Something always emerges after nothing.
Always carry a notebook. And I mean always.
Don’t look back until you’ve written an entire draft...

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When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's… — Lauren Bacall
I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. — Amitabh Bachchan
You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social… — Amitabh Bachchan
Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love… — Kevin Bacon
As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New… — Kevin Bacon
I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different… — Kevin Bacon
I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. — Kevin Bacon
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly. — Kevin Bacon
I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into… — Kevin Bacon

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