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William Boyd Quotes

The last thing you know about yourself is your effect Picture Quote #1

My novels are often about people who are in love or attracted to each other Picture Quote #1

I have to start my real life soon, before I die of boredom and frustration Picture Quote #1

With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera’s point of view, good acting - but even the very best actor in the world is crude by comparison with what you can do in a written paragraph Picture Quote #1

I can bore for England on the subject of James Bond. But I knew I couldn’t do it frivolously; I had to take it very seriously, however much fun I was having. And I had to make myself, you know, absolutely steeped in Bond and in Fleming and that world Picture Quote #1

It’s true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We’re all busy people,we can’t spend our time simply trying to stay in touch. The test of a friendship is if it can weather these inevitable gaps Picture Quote #1

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Even though I’ve been an avid consumer of contemporary music since my early teens, the world of rock music has always been at something of a distance - I listen to it, read about it, I talk about it, but I’ve had little or no contact with its denizens Picture Quote #1

I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation Picture Quote #1

As a novelist, where do you go to tap into memories, and impressions, and sensations? It’s usually, in my experience, your early life, before you started thinking of yourself as a writer, because somehow those experiences are unadulterated Picture Quote #1

To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way Picture Quote #1

I have this lock of hair that keeps falling across my forehead. It drives me mad Picture Quote #1

The last thing we learn about ourselves is our effect Picture Quote #1

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She’s half mad and three parts drunk Picture Quote #1

We talked filth for a pleasant half hour Picture Quote #1

We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that we love. We love ourselves, in fact Picture Quote #1

We all want to be happy, and we’re all going to die. You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet Picture Quote #1

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The last thing you know about yourself is your effect (William Boyd Quotes) My novels are often about people who are in love or attracted to each other (William Boyd Quotes) I have to start my real life soon, before I die of boredom and frustration (William Boyd Quotes) With film, you have very limited tools to convey subjectivity - voiceover, the camera’s point of view, good acting - but even the very best actor in the world is crude by comparison with what you can do in a written paragraph. (William Boyd Quotes) I can bore for England on the subject of James Bond. But I knew I couldn’t do it frivolously; I had to take it very seriously, however much fun I was having. And I had to make myself, you know, absolutely steeped in Bond and in Fleming and that world. (William Boyd Quotes) It’s true: lives do drift apart for no obvious reason. We’re all busy people,we can’t spend our time simply trying to stay in touch. The test of a friendship is if it can weather these inevitable gaps. (William Boyd Quotes) Even though I’ve been an avid consumer of contemporary music since my early teens, the world of rock music has always been at something of a distance - I listen to it, read about it, I talk about it, but I’ve had little or no contact with its denizens. (William Boyd Quotes) I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation. (William Boyd Quotes) As a novelist, where do you go to tap into memories, and impressions, and sensations? It’s usually, in my experience, your early life, before you started thinking of yourself as a writer, because somehow those experiences are unadulterated. (William Boyd Quotes) To live as an artist requires hard work or some extraordinary good fortune to come your way (William Boyd Quotes) I have this lock of hair that keeps falling across my forehead. It drives me mad. (William Boyd Quotes) The last thing we learn about ourselves is our effect (William Boyd Quotes) She’s half mad and three parts drunk (William Boyd Quotes) We talked filth for a pleasant half hour (William Boyd Quotes) We never love anyone. Not really. We only love our idea of another person. It is some conception of our own that we love. We love ourselves, in fact (William Boyd Quotes) We all want to be happy, and we’re all going to die. You might say those are the only two unchallengeably true facts that apply to every human being on this planet (William Boyd Quotes)