I always woke up before the plane landed.
ALAN BRADLEYTV 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.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon.
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I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother’s house was filled with English books.
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I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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I had long ago discovered that when a word or formula refused to come to mind the best thing for it was to think of something else: tigers for instance or oatmeal.
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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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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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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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Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.
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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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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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The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
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I love that form very much because the reader is so familiar with all of the types of characters that are in there that they already identify with the book.
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