Robert Harris Quotes - Page 3

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• For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

  Robert Harris

  People, House, Gold

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• I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and stay there and put words together.

  Robert Harris

  Morning, Writing, Together

  "A little bit of politics". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. September 2, 2006.

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• A book unwritten is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody book that’s ever been written.

  Robert Harris

  Book, Writing, Infinite

  Robert Harris (2010). “The Ghost Writer”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and all that is most base? Or has such excitement? Or more vividly exposes our strengths and weaknesses? Boring? You might as well say that life itself is boring!

  Robert Harris

  Men, Wings, Soul

  Robert Harris (2006). “Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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• Orwell has always been a huge influence on me.

  Robert Harris

  Influence, Huge

  "A life in writing: Robert Harris". Interview with Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2011.

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• One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.

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  Thinking, Leader, Scary

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• My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.

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  Careers, Flukes, Unexpected

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• My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.

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  Regret, Able, Jokes

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• Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic.

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  History, Work Out, Together

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• That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.

  Robert Harris

  Fighting, Opportunity, Men

  Robert Harris (2006). “Imperium: A Novel of Ancient Rome”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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