They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
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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Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
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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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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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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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I’m at that age where I watch such things with two minds.
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Whenever I’m with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.
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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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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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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 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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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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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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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
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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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Chicken fizz! O Lord, protect all of us who toil in the vineyards of experimental chemistry!
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