David Lindsay
David Lindsay
David Lindsay was a Scottish author now best remembered for the philosophical science fiction novel A Voyage to Arcturus...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth3 March 1876
breathing calling constantly deadlines eight helps hour might nine noon people tapping toes work
Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.
imagination study
Imagination without study is the self-indulgence of the intellect.
expecting flood gate opened potential
We opened every potential flood gate we could, ... We were at least expecting a lot of rain.
events unlikely
So even the most unlikely events have to take place somewhere ...
humble thinking people
The Pulitzer has nothing to do with me; it's more about people's perceptions of me, whatever they may be. I'm not being humble - I honestly do not and cannot think about that. It's a lovely piece of crystal on my bookcase, but that's all it is to me.
people chance harder
I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.
writing play nazi
Only assholes write plays about Nazis.
musical want ifs
I dont want to work on a musical if Im not the lyricist.
writing rabbits looks
I'm going to do whatever interests me. Look, writing 'Rabbit Hole' came out of an interest in diversifying my portfolio, frankly.
writing thinking who-i-am
I didn't go into 'Rabbit Hole' wanting to write about class. I think because of who I am it somehow found its way into it.
hard-work opportunity thinking
We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It's not a very American thing to say, but I don't think that's true. It's true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.
writing passion play
I've been pretty well treated by the critics, but the critics who didn't like my comedies hated them with an unbridled passion, and then I would see these same people writing very respectfully about ordinary naturalistic plays.
writing dark people
I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.
call days dire
You can't call 43 days a dire emergency,