Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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Nathaniel Philbrick quotes and sayings page 3 (author). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 31 we have.

Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
“I'll watch anything, from action to art films.”
Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
“I'm a big Stephen King fan.”
Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
“Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.”
Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
“Reading 'Moby-Dick' helps you discover how to live.”
Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
“Whatever you read, there's no better place to read than the cockpit or the berth of a boat. It's kind of like being in a womb.”
“I watch a lot of bad TV. I spend my entire day reading and writing, and after dinner my idea of fun is just to watch a lot of bad TV. That's how I relax and stay in touch with modern culture.”
“When I was at Brown, I wanted to write the great American novel, but I was too scared to take a creative course. I signed up for one, got in, and just didn't have the courage to go. I was a tremendously shy person, almost pathologically shy. The thought of peers critiquing my work - oh, God.”
“One of the questions I face when working on a book about a historical event is whether I should visit the actual place that I'm writing about. No matter how scrupulously maintained a historic house or battlefield may be, it is nothing like it was in the long-ago past.”
“Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way people usually see them. It can make for lively conversations, but that's great. Spark a little controversy, get people to think about it. That's what it's all about.”
Nathaniel Philbrick Quotes
“Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a sentence, thinking about what word should follow another.”

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