“When you're doing stand-up, you can comment if something fails, get a laugh from that.” Quote by Rob Brydon
“I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me. At school, they pretend they are Anton du Beke's kids.” ThinkingKnowsKidsSchoolDenyKnow MeGood Words Author:Rob Brydon
“I had a moment where I realised I could do silly voices, that lots of people I knew couldn't do silly voices, and that thus I must be able to make money doing silly voices.” PeopleMomentsAbleVoiceSillyMaking MoneyRealised Author:Rob Brydon
“I think, if you've got children, that's your life. Your 'showbiz' life, if you want to call it that, is a separate thing, and it isn't everything to me.” IfsThinkingWantChildrenShowbiz Author:Rob Brydon
“When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.” ThinkingWorldWantChildrenRealityKidsFilmLife IsStarsSidesFourOur ChildrenFilm Stars Author:Rob Brydon
“Popularity isn't just something that happens. You have to give something in exchange for it, and that's the dangerous part of the process.” GivingHappensProcessDangerousPopularity Author:Robert Bringhurst
“How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true.” PeopleShouldPoetProductsDependsIncomeSupposed To Be Author:Robert Bringhurst
“I think of something quite different from a snapshot. I know of a lot of poems, some very fine ones, that are like snapshots, but I'm more interested in poetry that is like an endless film, long stories, things that weave together many different strands, like a big piece of cloth, not like a photograph.” ThinkingKnowsLongDifferentStoriesBigsTogetherFilmPiecesFinePhotographEndlessStrandsSnapshotsLong Story Author:Robert Bringhurst
“I'm not really a foodie; I could eat the same thing every night, and I go to restaurants that I can walk to.” I CanNightWalksRestaurantsEvery Night Author:Ross Bleckner
“I like my surroundings to be pretty spare and severe. It helps me to concentrate on my work. All I ever do here is go from my studio to my bedroom. Everything else is extraneous. I never entertain, because to me, New York is about meeting people in public spaces, absorbing a little bit of their energy.” PeopleLittlesHelpingEnergyBitsSpaceNew YorkLittle BitMeetingsStudiosHelp MeBedroomSparesSevereSurroundingsAbsorbing Author:Ross Bleckner