Gerald Seymour Quotes

• One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter

  Gerald Seymour

  Men, Another Day, Fighter

  Gerald Seymour (2007). “Harry's Game: A Thriller”, p.44, The Overlook Press

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• I don't tend to redraft, I will try to tidy it up, but basically I feel what I write down first has got the impetus, it may be clumsy, it may be repetitive, but a good editor can take that out. That first writing bit is the best thing you will do.

  Gerald Seymour

  Writing, Editors, Trying

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• The desire to succeed has a lot less compulsion than the fear of failure.

  Gerald Seymour

  Desire, Succeed, Fear Of Failure

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Very rarely does anyone say that the TV is better than the book.

  Gerald Seymour

  Book, Doe, Tvs

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• Research, for me, it's trying to get a mood, a mood of a place and style of people and it's also trying to boost my confidence and get the adrenalin flowing. I go off on my trips to odd places and dark corners, feeling somewhat apprehensive and nervous.

  Gerald Seymour

  Dark, People, Feelings

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I'm not a journalist any more. I don't have to stick a microphone up somebody's nostril and I don't have a camera lens behind my shoulder, I think people talk to me in a much franker way.

  Gerald Seymour

  Thinking, People, Cameras

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I am one of the world's dreadful technophobes. I was on the internet, but it's broken down and I've unplugged it.

  Gerald Seymour

  Broken, World, Down And

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• I usually am accused of having a crystal ball into which I can gaze and look into the future.

  Gerald Seymour

  Crystals, Balls, Looks

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• We all hope that TV will bring something added to the book - not just an audience - it will bring an interpretation and skills that you may not have as a writer.

  Gerald Seymour

  Book, Skills, May

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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