#ok

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. ↗

— Paul Valery

#content #fire #humidity #own #people

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#big #big mistake #book #conceived #could

I've sold 11 of my books to Hollywood. There are all kinds of my books on shelves in Hollywood because the scripts didn't capture the characters. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#books #capture #characters #hollywood #i

I haven't found anywhere in the world where I want to be all the time. The best of my life is the moving. I look forward to going. ↗

— Sean Connery

#best #forward #found #going #haven

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#assure #back #carry #choking #ease

I mean, you know, you're looking at a guy who has a manager, who's created a life for me that - I mean, I don't pay phone bills and electric bills. I have somebody to do that for me. I've been very, very lucky. And I live in this insular sort of world, you know, so everything's, you know, everything's got a silver lining as far as I'm concerned. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#been #bills #concerned #created #electric

I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I think he was the end-all. I love his lack of inhibition, his talent, the chances he took. He made mistakes on his records, and he didn't care. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#chances #end-all #fan #freddie #freddie mercury

You've got to live life to write a book about it. ↗

— Andy Williams

#book #got #life #live #live life

The whole 'American Idol' way of looking at things is the antithesis of what I grew up with. There are a whole lot of kids wanting to be famous now, whereas if I'd even mentioned that word to one of my teachers, I would have got into a whole load of trouble. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#american idol #antithesis #even #famous #got

I've always been fascinated by the difference between the jokes you can tell your friends but you can't tell to an audience. There's a fine line you have to tread because you don't know who is out there in the auditorium. A lot of people are too easily offended. ↗

— Billy Connolly

#audience #auditorium #because #been #between