Quotes About Author

Violence is inevitable in crime novels, but there are many different ways to tell a story. I use my characters' reactions to illustrate the worst moments rather than let readers witness them at first hand.

A writer is not a prophet, is not a philosopher; he's just someone who is witness to what is around him. And so writing is a way to... it's the best way to testify, to be a witness.

There are very few things that 13 million people tune in to witness, so television is a really relevant and powerful thing.

I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty.

My uncle was a gangster in the real gangster days. I witnessed it, I felt it, I smelt it the situation, I was involved. It was like knowing a movie star.

Quality-of-life policing is based on probable cause - an officer has witnessed a crime personally or has a witness to the crime.

Some of the most disturbing, sick relationships I've witnessed are between long-time friends, and especially mothers and daughters.

I've witnessed firsthand the critical role suppliers - and especially the best ones - play in Boeing's success.

The Ebola epidemic was the most frightening outbreak I have witnessed in my lifetime, and I believe it was necessary to react globally as strongly as we did.

In trying to cross over to the mainstream, some people stopped writing what they witnessed.

In my brief, home affairs, we have witnessed ministers issue countless dodgy dossiers, fiddle figures and fudge facts.

As a person, Stephen Sondheim is a very funny, very dry and very shy man. I've never witnessed any diva-ish moments, he just always seems so thrilled people are doing his work.

I'm also on the Board at Sundance, so I've seen witnessed first hand the power of independent storytelling.

I am quite impressed with the growth of Punjabi films. I've witnessed its make-over; it is no more just a regional industry.

I've obviously witnessed the world of TV production, and I'm just a bit fascinated by people being a bit awful.

Jigging veins of rhyming mother wits.

Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

My lines are witty in nature and I love to be surrounded by people who are witty.

I love Stephen Fry. His tweets are witty, poignant, and intelligent.

The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But it's not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it I've met, and think they're incredibly witty, inventive - there's a lot of poetry there.

I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked.

I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.

Vince Gilligan is a wizard - and a fantastically hard-working wizard.