31 Quotes About Scottish-writer

I just pick up my stories as I amble along, little bits of this, little bits of that. It gets easier the longer you've been at it.

If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs.

One of the reasons we survive as a band is that we are seen as a band of today. We don't want to be seen as a band that tours and plays old songs. We feel that we are making the best music of our careers.

When we sit and watch a horror movie we know we're watching a horror picture and come to the story with a certain level of psychic defence.

I wouldn't let kids near half the stuff I've written so it is quite lovely to pass these little books out to children when they visit the house.