Q.Gibson Quotes

I'm not apologizing to anyone. I'll apologize when hell freezes over.

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work-wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.

I'm not Jesus, but I have very valuable information.

Think with your heart, speak with your soul.

The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly, and at great length.

I think that celebrities should never underestimate their power. I mean just to draw attention, because then people get involved on a personal level.

Dreaming in public is an important part of our job description.

In India it is believed that all creatures have a purpose.

I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.

Scotland is a great nation, but its horses are very uncomfortable.

People always think of Chinese food as the go-to ethnic food when everything else is closed during the holidays, but Indian is a nice alternative. Plus - Indians? Thanksgiving? Kinda makes sense.

But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20.

No woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes.

A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.

The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.

There are bits of the literal future right here, right now, if you know how to look for them.

'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me.

Fiction is an illusion wrought with many small, conventionally symbolic marks, triggering visions in the minds of others

I'm not a very intentional writer. I try to be as unintentional as possible. What I basically try to do is invite the zeitgeist in to tea.

Naps are essential to my process. Not dreams, but that state adjacent to sleep, the mind on waking.

The really good thing about using people who are really green is that you don't have to erase a bunch of bad habits and then put good ones in. You can just start feeding them good habits.

Most women can't handle the reality of what comes with being with me. It takes a very secure woman to be backstage at a concert hearing 15,000 females going crazy.

Creating life simply to destroy it is wrong.

The higher the rope, the more thrilling it is to climb.

It's great that after 700 years William Wallace has finally had a proper burial. He did so much for the country. You should be proud of what you have achieved through devolution.

I'm not the most accomplished of writers out there, but I feel that I quite effective all the same.

Everybody has bad at-bats -- except McCutchen.

If you're a manager you can't get frustrated and be emotional. You have to continue to steer the ship, you can't let go of the wheel because who knows where it will go then.

I'm a tough coach, but on the other side of that is me telling them to go all out, "because you're great, because I don't want you to fail, because you were born to do this and you have a dream."

Somewhere, deep within her, surfaces a tiny clockwork submarine. There are times when you can only take the next step. And then another.

People always ask me to list my greatest accomplishments, expecting me to rattle off a bunch of movies I've made, but what I'm proudest of is my kids.

Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

I rarely lose my temper anymore.

Greenspan tells us what to do. Someone should take him out and hang him.

When you step on the treadmill, make a commitment. Do, say, 3 miles a day. And don't get off until you finish. It doesn't matter what speed you're going. Just don't get off.

We all present a version of ourselves whether you've got a puppet on your hand or not. To actually be very real out there in a public way, why?

When you're in shape, you don't have to walk up to somebody and say, 'Yo, I love myself.' You look like you care for yourself.

Every shop in every High Street in Europe is filled with basically the same stuff. There's a street in every city of the world that has a Gap and Benneton's, and the upscale versions of those.

Enlightenment is "being," and it grows; it's end is serenity.

Counter-violence against the colonial regime is liberatory because it is an act, and by acting, the absolute power of colonialism, internalized by the colonized, is shaken.

Simple is the only way I can write.

Canadian cities looked the way American cities did on television.

All men die. Only a few ever live.

People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.

That's something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. I now boastfully say that I have a hide like a rhinoceros... and I'm smiling. It's an interesting thing.

I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.

I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!

I got to experience a world championship with some great teammates.