Latest Lionel Shriver Quotes from Interviews

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• When Mexico enjoys an economic boom while the U.S. is in dire fiscal straights, it seemed perfectly credible that Mexico would not roll out the welcome mat for unemployed Americans.

  Lionel Shriver

  Welcome, Economic, Enjoy

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• In fact, it's become politically important to offend people, because we have to fight back against this notion that being offensive should be against the law or something, and that everyone supposedly deserves "respect" for their often dopy views.

  Lionel Shriver

  Fighting, People, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Many, if not most, countries blithely expect their citizens to have carte blanche access to the U.S., "land of immigrants," as a veritable human right, but put up all manner of barriers to Americans who want to emigrate in the opposite direction.

  Lionel Shriver

  Country, Blanche, Barriers

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• It was important to me to put together a future history that would scan, and serve as the backdrop to the domestic story. Economics is really what drives the plot.

  Lionel Shriver

  Important, Together

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Desire is one of the burning experiences of human life.

  Lionel Shriver

  Desire, Burning, Human Life

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• You can't be stylish and petty at the same time.

  Lionel Shriver

  Stylish, Petty

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Notoriety is cheap. It's just easier to get noticed by doing something bad.

  Lionel Shriver

  Easier, Notoriety

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• We are not attracted to people because they are virtuous. In fact, there's something a little creepy about people who are too good. There is a big draw to people who are successful at breaking the rules. That means we end up admiring a lot of people that we think we shouldn't.

  Lionel Shriver

  Mean, Successful, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• One of my problems with terrorism is that it's self-evidently bad. The main thing that makes it complicated is the fact that it works. When you go at it with a moral hammer, it's really, really bad. It's so bad you wouldn't believe it because you don't accomplish anything. I think the one thing terrorists themselves are vulnerable to is mockery. It's an excellent weapon.

  Lionel Shriver

  Believe, Thinking, Self

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com