Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
ALAN BRADLEYWhenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest.
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I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.
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I always woke up before the plane landed.
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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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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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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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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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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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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 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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I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about.
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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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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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To be most effective, flattery is always best applied with a trowel.
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