Quotes About Author

After I started writing crime fiction, I said to myself, 'I may be limited, but the genre's not. There's no reason to change genres if I'm happy writing what I write.' And I am.

Why is there no respect for Joaquin Andujar?

As for the method of making films, I would say that there are no rules as such. The only thing important is that you should have the confidence to do it and have a good story.

It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.

It's no secret that me and New York got history. It's no secret. This is no secret. It's already known.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense.

That makes no sense for someone to say if they were drafted by their country, that they'd say no.

Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.

In the end, it was a no-brainer to join West Ham, but I still needed to take five minutes to myself because it's a big moment for anyone to move club, especially off the pitch when it involves moving to a big city. You've got to take every single factor into consideration because it's a big decision in your life.

When you talk to people in retrospect, they always say the casting was a no-brainer, but nothing really is. You have to have so many things line up. I'm very grateful that it worked out.

You always hope a book's going to be a success. I don't think I've ever written a book thinking, 'This will be bad and no-one will like it!'

I have no intention of coaching Boca Juniors, and no-one from the club has approached me to do so.

The diversity in the CNN makeup room - it's like Ellis Island! No, it's like Noah's Ark: there are two of everything.

I want to do good stories, and I want to work with really interesting people. And if it's Noah Hawley forever, that's also amazing.

I think Noah Hawley's writing is hilarious, and I love a good dark joke.

'Noah,' for me, wasn't a decision about taking on the Bible. It was about working with Darren Aronofsky.

I used the Nobel money to buy a house and for the education of my children.

I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.

I have a film out called 'Nobel.' Film is something I would love to explore more, even though I love being on the stage.

The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author.

For women, we intend to do something in a noble and missionary spirit... We mean to appeal to their intellects... and we hereby announce ourselves as determined and bigoted feminists.

I don't have hard numbers about this, but the impression I get is that the amount of eyeballs you get from being on the humor shelf at Barnes & Noble - it is almost insignificant.

I think writing is a glorious and noble thing.