“They'll invite you to all the parties, but that doesn't mean you have to go all the time.” Quote by Johnny Olson
“I certainly want to continue to write in a way that's intimate. I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer.” WayWantFeelsWritingBookRomanceIntimate Author:Joseph O'Neill
“I have been to Turkey almost every summer holiday of my life and pretty much only on summer holidays, which makes me a very shallow Turk indeed.” Has BeensSummerHolidayShallowTurkeys Author:Joseph O'Neill
“I'm completely cricketed out. If I never have to write another word about cricket again, I'll be a happy man.” IfsMenWritingCricketHappy Man Author:Joseph O'Neill
“Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.” WayWritingLittlesLyingBitsNovelDeceptionNovel Writing Author:Joseph O'Neill
“One of the great pluses of being an immigrant is you get to start again in terms of your identity. You get to shed the narratives which cling to you.” TermIdentityNarrativeImmigrantsShed Author:Joseph O'Neill
“You want a novel to tap as directly as possible into your most unspeakable preoccupations. And in America, in particular, cricket is pretty unspeakable.” WantAmericaNovelParticularCricketPreoccupationUnspeakable Author:Joseph O'Neill
“And it's not that going out for a hack is wrong or bad, I certainly don't view it as that; it's just that there's something about the dressage, being put through your paces, that makes you better.” ViewsPaceGoing OutHacksDressage Author:Julia Ormond
“For sure, you don't believe the good stuff. I mean, the good stuff is just insane - wacky. If you don't take it too much to heart, it does help when the negative stuff hits. And you know the negative stuff is coming. It's got to! What comes up must come down.” IfsKnowsBelieveHeartMeanDoeHelpingStuffToo MuchNegativeDon't BelieveCome UpInsaneWacky Author:Julia Ormond
“When really you've gone to drama school and rep and then you've come to London and gone to auditions and you've worked, solidly, for years. But that all gets forgotten.” YearsSchoolGoneDramaForgottenLondonAuditions Author:Julia Ormond