I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.
ALAN BRADLEYI fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books.
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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No … eight days a week.
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I’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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If you remember nothing else, remember this: Inspiration from outside one’s self is like the heat in an oven.
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I always woke up before the plane landed.
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I fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky.
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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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Except I’m aware that as a writer you can’t get away with as much writing for children as you can with adults.
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One of the marks of a truly great mind, I had discovered, is the ability to feign stupidity on demand.
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TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the millions of ways in which given elements can be put together to tell a story.
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One that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.
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Although it is pleasant to think about poison at any season, there is something special about Christmas, and I found myself grinning.
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