Quotes About Author

Yes, Charles Yu names his main character after himself. That main character, in fact, is both time-machine repairman and author of a book called 'How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.'

Celtic and Ajax are great names in history. They both have great followings all over the world, not just in Holland and Scotland.

I know the names of possible signings get fans excited, but it's a very fleeting kind of excitement.

There's not so many 'big names' in cruiserweight that would interest me.

There's a brand, Mr. Bubble, that is sometimes called other things, like Mickey Mouse or other names. That's the stuff I use.

Interest from Bayern or Man Utd? It is greatly flattering to hear those names, and I even ask myself if that is really about me.

When I define polarities in my work, I actually create the space between things. I point to the question I am actually interested in, without naming it.

Ultimately, the naming of buildings is not a mechanism by which history is kept alive. It is a mechanism by which the rich and the powerful are honoured.

Some writers you return to again and again, and for me, Nancy Mitford is one of them.

I'd always wanted to write crime fiction. I loved Nancy Drew.

Lots of narcissistic people have helped lots of other people with their music. That's such a narcissistic thing to say! Ha ha!

Writing your memoir is inherently narcissistic.

I don't think it's that difficult to distinguish between people with narcissistic disorders and people with high self-esteem.

I did have a constituent four or five years ago - she never liked me. So, she called, I returned her call, and she was complaining about something, and she said: 'And why do you always use green? I think it's narcissistic.' And I said, 'Well, ma'am, everyone has to have a gimmick, and that's my gimmick.'

When I choose the scripts, all I look forward to is an impressive narration.

The narration, in fact, doubles the drama with a commentary without which no mise en scene would be possible.

My date of birth is also memorable because it happens to be the same day I heard my first narration of my debut film.

Roles don't fascinate me. It is the narrative, the screenplay that is fascinating.

Every work of history is a combination of argument and narrative. The longer I write, the more I emphasize the narrative, the story, and the less attention I give to the argument. Arguments come and go.

The only consistency in the work I do is that I try to use cinematography to best tell the narrative and do justice to the character arcs, but not to do it in such an overt way that people are distracted by it.

Most of my films have been documentaries, but I'm also very interested in narrative filmmaking.

As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books.

Jung Chang was the first person to tell a grand historical, political story through a personal narrative.

You have to understand: the narrative that people have about business and capitalism is that they are fundamentally selfish, greedy, and exploitative. Of course, I don't agree with that narrative.