Famous quotes by Famous people

” My scientific qualifications are relatively scant. I like science. I try really hard to educate myself about it, but in the end, if something has to go ‘boom,’ and it would probably only go ‘fwoosh,’ I am relatively unconcerned about that, which is a sin, but not, I think, a grave one. “

” I read my father’s books growing up. I thought then and I still think now that his writing is wonderful. It delights and infuriates me in equal measure that he’s still that good. “

” I think lots of boys sat down with ‘The Three Musketeers’ and felt it was a really long book, but then discovered that it’s a really gripping swashbuckling story. “

” There’s a saying in the movie industry that if your movie is about what you actually think it’s about, you’re in big trouble. I think it’s the same with books. “

” I studied revolutions at university, and I think each revolution must begin with a moment of ‘no.’ If enough people have that moment at the same time, it becomes a movement. “