Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben,
ALAN BRADLEYI was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.
More Alan Bradley Quotes
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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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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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Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
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Whenever I’m out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think.
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I always woke up before the plane landed.
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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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As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No … eight days a week.
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I am often thought of as being remarkably bright, and yet my brains, more often than not, are busily devising new and interesting ways of bringing my enemies to sudden, gagging, writhing, agonizing death.
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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 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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All of it! – was held together by invisible chemical bonds, and I found a strange, inexplicable comfort in knowing that somewhere, even though we couldn’t see it in our own world, there was a real stability.
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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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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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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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