35 Quotes by Arthur Hailey

...бизнес и симпатии - две разные вещи. Самые милые люди становились твёрдыми и беспощадными, если этого требовали соображения дела.

Don't put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family's life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.

Americans see democracy as a remedy for all ills-to be taken three times daily like prescription medicine. It works for them. Ergo - it should work for the world. What America naïvely forgets is that for democracy to function, most of a populace must have something personally that is worth preserving.

A dog likes people who pat him on the head. That's because his thinking isn't complicated by knowledge and education

- Бывает в жизни и так, что приходится делать выбор между тем, чего хочется, и тем, во что ты веришь.(Доктор Ингрэм - Питеру Макдермотту. "Отель")

... there is nothing so tedious like the self-righteousness of a young man.

- ...день и без того короток, так зачем же его ещё укорачивать.(Бен, слуга Прейскоттов, передаёт слова отца Марши Прейскотт Питеру Макдермотту. "Отель")

I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words — not almost right words. Before you ask, I'll tell you that yes, I do write 600 at the top of my pad every day, and I keep track of the word count to insure I reach my quota daily — without fail.

I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life.