Arthur Hailey
Arthur Hailey
Arthur Haileywas a British/Canadian novelist, whose works have sold more than 170 million copies in 40 languages. Most of the novels are set within one major industry, such as hotels, banks or airlines, and explore the particular human conflicts sparked-off by that environment. They are notable for their plain style, extreme realism, based on months of detailed research, and a sympathetic down-to-earth hero with whom the reader can easily identify...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 April 1920
CountryCanada
The president of General Motors was in a foul humor.
I have been extraordinarily lucky. Anyone who pretends that some kind of luck isn't involved in his success is deluding himself.
Let us then remember the dead-and all wars-gratefully. And let us hope that because of them we may become a touch better, a thimbleful wiser, and a handshake more tolerant of this changing world they did not live to see.
Don't put down too many roots in terms of a domicile. I have lived in four countries and I think my life as a writer and our family's life have been enriched by this. I think a writer has to experience new environments. There is that adage: No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.
I loved education, and, yes, I did want to go on learning.
No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.
I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life.
I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words — not almost right words. Before you ask, I'll tell you that yes, I do write 600 at the top of my pad every day, and I keep track of the word count to insure I reach my quota daily — without fail.
Winners will be losers if they don't support the losers.
When I began writing that I was able and did travel and met some fascinating people and also uncovered some history, which has not been discovered before.
Since when was the stock market an accurate barometer of anything?