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William Boyd Quotes - Page 2

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I don't think they'll ever make a retro Bond.

I don't think they'll ever make a retro Bond.

Thinking, Retro

Do we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet.

Thinking, Encounters, Veins

We all possess, like it or not, the people we know, and are possessed by them in turn.

People, Turns, Knows

William Boyd (2013). “The Dream Lover: Short Stories”, p.309, A&C Black

I know many older writers who were very successful and whose books are now out of print, so you have to go to antiquarian booksellers to buy their fifth or eighth novel or whatever it is.

Book, Successful, Novel

In the broad spectrum of the arts, two worlds rarely overlap - the literary world and the world of rock music.

Art, Two, Rocks

"William Boyd: Why I love Keane" by William Boyd, www.theguardian.com. June 14, 2012.

She's half mad and three parts drunk.

Drunk, Mad, Three

William Boyd (2012). “Waiting for Sunrise”, p.151, A&C Black

We talked filth for a pleasant half hour.

Half, Filth, Hours

William Boyd (2003). “Any human heart: a novel”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

Humankind can tolerate only so much rejection.

Rejection, Tolerate, Humankind

William Boyd (2003). “Any human heart: a novel”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

I have this lock of hair that keeps falling across my forehead. It drives me mad.

Fall, Hair, Mad

"William Boyd Q&A with James Bond". Interview with William Boyd, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2013.

Sometimes limbo is a tolerable place to be stuck.

Sometimes, Stuck, Limbo

William Boyd (2003). “Any human heart: a novel”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

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