Quotes About Freedom

If the story-teller is to nourish the roots of his culture, society must set him free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

I grew up in Nova Scotia, so there weren't a whole lot of rules.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.

Novelists should be free to write whatever they want, to let their imaginations roam as close to or as removed from reality as they see fit.

My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me to find my way into my story and my characters through research.

Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.

From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.

I like to give my inhibitions a bath now and then.

I'd like to be like a hummingbird. You see them every now and then. You don't see them everywhere.

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can do any job I want - but I think chivalry has been lost a little bit.

I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.

We take so many of our freedoms for granted nowadays - I can travel where I like, I can have a baby when I like, I can do any job I want - but I do think chivalry has been lost a little bit.

I belong nowhere and to no one.

If we remain hostage to our past, then we will go nowhere.

It's very scary to me that people actually think we should just follow our leaders. If we can't learn from our history, we're nowhere.

My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.

I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent.

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

The Internet is just a chance to do something. Nowhere else can you go, 'I have an idea, I can write this idea, and I can execute this idea.'

I don't need a job. I don't want an appointment. I don't want to be on a commission. I don't want to be ambassador to nowhere.

I really want to work for myself and build a business from nowhere.