Arthur Hailey Quotes

• When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.

  Arthur Hailey

  Writing, People, Able

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• Winners will be losers if they don't support the losers.

  Arthur Hailey

  Support, Loser, Winner

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• No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.

  Arthur Hailey

  Believe, Moving, Men

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• I have been extraordinarily lucky. Anyone who pretends that some kind of luck isn't involved in his success is deluding himself.

  Arthur Hailey

  Luck, Kind, Has Beens

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• I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words — not almost right words. Before you ask, I'll tell you that yes, I do write 600 at the top of my pad every day, and I keep track of the word count to insure I reach my quota daily — without fail.

  Arthur Hailey

  Writing, Weather, Track

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• Let us then remember the dead-and all wars-gratefully. And let us hope that because of them we may become a touch better, a thimbleful wiser, and a handshake more tolerant of this changing world they did not live to see.

  Arthur Hailey

  War, World, May

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• I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life.

  Arthur Hailey

  Real, Real Life, Thinking

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• I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.

  Arthur Hailey

  Goes On, Want

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• Don't put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family's life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.

  Arthur Hailey

  Country, Believe, Moving

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• Since when was the stock market an accurate barometer of anything?

  Arthur Hailey

  Barometer, Accurate

  Arthur Hailey (2014). “The Moneychangers”, p.171, Open Road Media

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• The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.

  Arthur Hailey

  Humor, President, Foul

  Arthur Hailey (2014). “Wheels”, p.5, Open Road Media

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