A Quote by William Monahan

I'm a homebody, as many writers are, and need to be by myself, and I like to be by the Atlantic Ocean.

William Monahan

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Atlantic Atlantic Ocean Homebody Like Many Myself Need Ocean Writers

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William Monahan
American - Novelist
Born: November 3, 1960

I thought that when they said Atlantic Charter, that meant me and everybody in Africa and Asia and everywhere. But it seems like the Atlantic is an ocean that does not touch anywhere but North America and Europe.

Zora Neale Hurston

I love the ocean. Anywhere near the ocean will do. Preferably the Atlantic Ocean.

Ben Fogle

Economic activity is moving from the Atlantic ocean to the Pacific ocean... Russia has a certain natural advantage because it also borders the Pacific Ocean.

Vladimir Putin

When I'm playful I use the meridians of longitude and parallels of latitude for a seine, and drag the Atlantic Ocean for whales. I scratch my head with the lightning and purr myself to sleep with the thunder.

Mark Twain

We have so many talented writers. Companies need to understand that smaller writers also need to be supported.

Nicola Roberts

There are many people who say, 'I write for myself.' I think that if you write and publish, then you write for your readers, not just for yourself. Many writers say that they write to be loved. I place myself among those writers.

Angeles Mastretta

There are many people who say, I write for myself. I think that if you write and publish, then you write for your readers, not just for yourself. Many writers say that they write to be loved. I place myself among those writers.

Angeles Mastretta

The Atlantic Ocean was something then.

John Guare

It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, ina government ship, with five hundred men and boys to assist one, than it is to explore the private sea, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean of one's being alone.

Henry David Thoreau

I was very much disappointed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Oscar Wilde

What I really am is a homebody. I was a homebody even before I had a family. My days are filled with home stuff.

Ray Liotta

I am very proud of rowing the Atlantic Ocean.

Ben Fogle

GOD: I own you like I own the caves. THE OCEAN: Not a chance. No comparison. GOD: I made you. I could tame you. THE OCEAN: At one time, maybe. But not now. GOD: I will come to you, freeze you, break you. THE OCEAN: I will spread myself like wings. I am a billion tiny feathers. You have no idea what's happened to me.

Dave Eggers

I think writers are the most narcissistic people. Well, I musn't say this, I like many of them, a great many of my friends are writers.

Sylvia Plath

Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.