Simon Mawer quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Simon Mawer

Simon Mawer Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Simon Mawer on Wise Famous Quotes.

Simon Mawer quotes: The speed of the human mind is remarkable. So is its inability to face the obvious.

The speed of the human mind is remarkable. So is its inability to face the obvious.

Simon Mawer quotes: Sometimes I think that novelists suffer from P.C.S.: Perpetual Childhood Syndrome.

Sometimes I think that novelists suffer from P.C.S.: Perpetual Childhood Syndrome.

Simon Mawer quotes: If God resides anywhere ... surely he shelters behind barricades of pure chance.

If God resides anywhere ... surely he shelters behind barricades of pure chance.

Simon Mawer quotes: Most of those people who saw themselves as literary types at university became bank managers.

Most of those people who saw themselves as literary types at university became bank managers.

Simon Mawer quotes: Pundits always have something to write about; the novelist just has a blank screen.

Pundits always have something to write about; the novelist just has a blank screen.

Simon Mawer quotes: Reality is brutal or painful or frightening, but waiting is a distillate of fear that corrodes and dissolves.

Reality is brutal or painful or frightening, but waiting is a distillate of fear that corrodes and dissolves.

Simon Mawer quotes: You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice.

You can tell nothing from a man's appearance, nothing except the depths of your own prejudice.

Simon Mawer quotes: It is perfectly possible to believe two contradictory things at one and the same time - that is one of the brilliant faculties of the human mind.

It is perfectly possible to believe two contradictory things at one and the same time - that is one of the brilliant faculties of the human mind.

Simon Mawer quotes: Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.

Simon Mawer quotes: I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes!

I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, for heaven's sakes!

Simon Mawer quotes: Faith is the enemy of discovery.

Faith is the enemy of discovery.

Simon Mawer quotes: One of the reasons I wrote 'The Fall' is that climbing's more than a sport, it's a way of life. When you're in it, it's all you think about.

One of the reasons I wrote 'The Fall' is that climbing's more than a sport, it's a way of life. When you're in it, it's all you think about.

Simon Mawer quotes: To be brave, you have to have a choice.

To be brave, you have to have a choice.

Simon Mawer quotes: Sin is absence of God. Nothing more, nothing less.

Sin is absence of God. Nothing more, nothing less.

Simon Mawer quotes: Numbers have no hidden meanings, you say. But it is the hidden meanings in words that make them so wonderful.

Numbers have no hidden meanings, you say. But it is the hidden meanings in words that make them so wonderful.