I was an early reader, and my grandmother, who as a child had been forbidden to read by a father who believed books.
ALAN BRADLEYI was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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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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Anyone who knew the word slattern was worth cultivating as a friend.
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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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Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
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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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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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What intrigued me more than anything else was finding out the way in which everything, all of creation.
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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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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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The very best people are like that. They don’t entangle you like flypaper.
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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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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 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 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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