To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
ALAN BRADLEYCompared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a classic English mystery novel.
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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 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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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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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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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
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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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I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.
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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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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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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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I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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