Robert Harris Quotes & Sayings

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52 most famous Robert Harris quotes and sayings (novelist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“If one tries to think about history, it seems to me - it's like looking at a range of mountains. And the first time you see them, they look one way. But then time changes, the pattern of light shifts. Maybe you've moved slightly, your perspective has changed. The mountains are the same, but they look very different.”
Robert Harris Quotes
“The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.”
Robert Harris Quotes
“Storytelling has a narcotic power.”
Robert Harris Quotes
“Unlike the Holocaust, Stalin's murders are forgotten: dust blowing in the wind.”
“It's easy enough to get into power. You can make promises and try to be all things to all people. But the moment you have to make decisions, you're going to annoy at least half of them. Whatever you do, in the end you're almost certain to be brought down by your own character traits.”
“Writing a novel - unlike operating a piece of heavy machinery, say, or cooking a chicken - is not a skill that can be taught. There is no standard way of doing it, just as there is no means of telling, while you're doing it, whether you're doing it well or badly. And merely because you've done it well once doesn't mean you can do it well again.”
Robert Harris Quotes
“If you go back, 'The Great Gatsby' would be a portrait of the rich and fortune made by business.”
Robert Harris Quotes
“Humans have changed little over time. We think we've invented the modern world but they were making better speeches 2,000 years ago and grappling with issues of empire and terrorism.”
Robert Harris Quotes
“Don't try to write too much in a single session. One thousand words a day is quite enough. Stop after about four or five hours.”
Robert Harris Quotes
“Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.”

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