Quotes by John Burdett

John Burdett

Don’t ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

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Firsts

Obvious

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

Humility

Kind

Thinking

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

I don’t want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

Enlightenment

Sorry

Want

I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I dont think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris – or Bangkok?

Average

Paris

Thinking

In Southeast Asia the world is understood to be a vast, complex network of interdependent relationships. So when global capitalism makes it impossible for small-time rice farmers to feed their families and make a living, it is a natural thing for anyone in the family who can find an alternative source of income to do so.

Alternatives

Income

World

It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.

Finals

Imagination

Safety

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

Buddhism

Buddhist

Talking

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id.

Expression

Glitter

Vegas

Shun security, I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isnt agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.

Block

Enemy

Writing

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Alternatives

Amazing Places

Ask Me

Average

Block

Body

Buddhism

Buddhist

Car

Challenges

Coffins

Contradiction

Enemy

Enlightenment

Expression

Finals

Firsts

Glitter

Goes On

House

Humility

Imagination

Income

Karma

Kind

Letting Go

Light

Loyalty

Mind

Obvious

Paris

People

Safety

Sorry

Stressed

Suffering

Talking

Thinking

Vegas

Want

World

Writing

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Quotes by John Burdett

John Burdett

Don’t ask me when I first mastered the obvious.

Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.

I am moonlighting for the Buddha.

I don’t want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I look at the world.

Las Vegas is the expression, in glitter and concrete, of Americas brittle and mutating id.

Shun security, I advise aspiring novelists when they complain to me that they are stuck. Get disoriented. Maybe your agonizing writing block isnt agonizing enough. Your enemy is comfort.

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