Forget worrying about the break-up of celebrities you don’t even know. I have long since given up trying to figure out why even my closest friends split up. John Niven Read Quote
I am very fortunate. I am a glass-half-full eternal optimist type to the point of being a moron. But I would never presume to know how hard it goes for others. How, for some people, just getting though the day is an incredible effort that can hardly be borne. John Niven Read Quote
Certainly in the case of ‘Kill Your Friends,’ a book I wrote more than 10 years ago, I routinely meet interviewers who appear to know the book better than I do. But still, you have to talk about it. John Niven Read Quote
The Clash were the first big love of my life. Lyrically, they inspired me to get out, explore life, and maybe kick some doors down. John Niven Read Quote
I was on the dole once. I loved it. It was only for a couple of years, when I was 20 or 21 and playing in a band. Back then, this was something young folk did – you got your rent paid, a little bit of money to live on, and you loafed around, wrote songs, rehearsed and dreamed of playing Wembley Stadium. John Niven Read Quote
A novel, of course, is a fully self-contained work of art. You pick it up off the shelf, open it, and there it is – a whole universe waiting for you to enter. A screenplay is just a blueprint for making a movie. Until the movie is actually filmed, the script really means nothing. John Niven Read Quote
I have an iPhone. I like it for the camera and the fact that you can have your email and Twitter and all that stuff in one place. However, unlike most men I know, I hate buying new technology. John Niven Read Quote
Future generations of economists will look at the trickle-down theory in much the same way we now look at witch burning, slavery, and the Sinclair C5. John Niven Read Quote
There are some sentences you cannot see yourself ever writing. ‘I heartily endorse the Conservative Party’ would be one. ‘I look forward to Justin Bieber’s new record’ would be another. John Niven Read Quote
America has the largest nuclear capability in the world. All this power neither prevented 9/11 nor helped to avenge it. How could it? Who would America have attacked? John Niven Read Quote
