Sefton Delmer quotes

“Reeducation needs careful tending, like an English lawn. Even one moment of negligence, and the weeds crop up again ~ those indestructible weeds of historical truth.”
-- Sefton Delmer

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“Accuracy first,” I used to tell the writers. “We must never lie by accident, or through slovenliness, only deliberately!”
-- Sefton Delmer

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“I gazed into the mirror... There, staring at me, was the pallid, flabby-mouthed face of a crook”
-- Sefton Delmer

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“I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll smoke a little weed,”

Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011

“I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded on my observation of the world, not on anything so trivial and irrelevant as personal history.”

“I can not be mistaken - what I say and do is historical.I follow my life with the precision and security of a sleep walker”

“I invented the historical spy novel.”

“Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy.”

“History has become more important than ever because of the to unprecedented ability of the historical sciences to take in man's life on earth as a whole.”

“What we need now for quickening is not so much money and wisdom as the spirit of supplication. Pray for yourself until the new life is infused. When that new life comes, it will lead you to pray for others.”

“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”

“Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and ­irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by A.L. Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

“I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.