Quotes About Author

Anyone who is concerned about his dignity would be well advised to keep away from horses.

I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.

It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label... Most people don't have any dignity in the first place.

I regret that I do not have the dignity of Ricardo Montalban, the class of Dean Martin, or the humor of Bill Cosby. I do have the heart of a lion.

I have the distinction of speaking to you from one of the few countries that still has a communist party.

One of the major contributions of the Protestant faith to the world is the culture of dignity of labour.

I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals.

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

Souls and memories can do strange things during trance.

You white folks see UFOs in your dreams. You don't hear about Martians in Harlem.

Dreams are a simple psychological emetic, and people who have them are more blessed than cursed

Got a light? See? Careful. I'm everything you ever dreamed.

The Devil has all the best tunes? My arse! Metalville just got a new sheriff.

The inclusion of dreams is the only viable supplement to the absence of more favourable outcomes.

…my books are derived from city images, and the city of my dreams or nightmares is Mexico City. (The Art of Fiction, No. 68. The Paris Review, No. 82, Winter 1981.)

Men secretly respect a woman who is strong, has confidence and has dreams of her own. There's nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is.

There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.

Osama Bin Laden is not going to come here and destroy America. Our education system is doing that just fine.

It is through good education that all the good in the world arises.

[My catholic education] sticked with me. It caused the rage I had to make 'Pink Flamingos.'

I think that intellectuals who end up in hell will have to read page proofs and check indexes there.

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.

He writes nothing whose writings are not read.