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Quotes on wanting and having more.

These quotes explore the idea of 'more' - a director admitting to more confidence behind the camera than as a writer, and a novelist noting how fictional characters can carry more vitality than the people around them. Related pages include Life Quotes.

What I couldn't help noticing was that I learned more about the novel in a morning by trying to write a page of one than I'd learned in seven years or so of trying to write criticism.

Quotes by Philip Pullman

Authors are not a special case, deserving of more sympathy than many other groups. We are a particular case of a general degradation of the quality of life, and we are not going to stop pointing it out, because we...

Quotes by Philip Pullman

There's obviously games and a history you have with guys that maybe you're a little more fired up to let them know if maybe you beat them on a play.

Quotes by Philip Rivers

I think we can keep people off-balance and ultimately we have to go score points, score one more point than the other team.

Quotes by Philip Rivers

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?

Philip Roth

Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the downside. In up markets, volatility tends to gradually decline.

Philip Roth

All that we don't know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.

Philip Roth

I have no desire to write fiction. I did what I did, and it's done. There's more to life than writing and publishing fiction. There is another way entirely, amazed as I am to discover it at this late date.

Philip Roth

To read a novel requires a certain amount of concentration, focus, devotion to the reading. If you read a novel in more than two weeks, you don't read the novel, really.

Philip Roth

It is more than a book, it is an institution which rules the Christian world.

Quotes by Philip Schaff

I think I pick more winners than losers.

Quotes by Philip Green

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

Quotes by Philip Green

If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up on the Web.

Quotes by Philip Greenspun

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Quotes by Philip Guedalla

Britain is one of the world's most open economies. More dependent on trade than any other major country. Our success depends on our competitiveness and our competitiveness depends on raising our productivity, as our competitors are raising theirs.

Quotes by Philip Hammond

More and more, modern warfare will be about people sitting in bunkers in front of computer screens, whether remotely piloted aircraft or cyber weapons.

Quotes by Philip Hammond

There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.

Quotes by Philip Johnson

I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.

Quotes by Philip Johnson

Some directors don't say much. Michael Mann, for example. I remember on 'The Insider' he never had much to say. He would do a scene, just kind of nod, and then set it up to do it again. And you...

Quotes by Philip Baker Hall

Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?

Quotes by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of quotes are on the "More" page?
These are quotes about degree and comparison — someone admitting they have more confidence as a director than as a writer, a reflection on being "more like that" (exclusive, echo-chamber thinking) in their early twenties, and an appreciation for how horror films need a little more craft than people give them credit for.
Is this page about self-comparison?
Largely, yes — several of these quotes involve comparing one part of yourself to another, like confidence in one skill versus another, or how you've changed since your twenties. Me quotes covers similar self-reflective ground.
Is there a quote here about creative work?
Yes — the ones about directing versus writing, and about films like 'Friday the 13th' needing more craft than they get credit for, both touch on creative work and how it's judged.
How does "More" differ from <a href="/like-quotes">Like</a> quotes?
"Like" is about preference and similarity, while "More" is specifically about comparison and degree — doing something more than, or being more of, something else.
What if I want quotes about consistency instead of comparison?
Try Always quotes for that angle, or Life quotes for something broader.

Other lines touch on needing a little more of something, whether it's craft in filmmaking or personal growth over time. Continue with Like Quotes or Me Quotes.