18+ Martin C. Smith Quotes And Sayings

Following is our list of the best Martin C. Smith quotes and sayings.

Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which draws and develops a certain kind of man. — Martin C. Smith

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia. — Martin C. Smith

But at the same time I went down into the mines with working miners who are still young men, younger than I am, who are aware that their working life is coming to an end and they feel suddenly cut off. — Martin C. Smith

I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is. — Martin C. Smith

There is a huge antipathy in England between the north and the south, the working class and the owning class. — Martin C. Smith

I never thought I would just be doing Arkady books. — Martin C. Smith

Most people - and particularly people whose lives have nothing to do with books at all - are intrigued by the idea that somebody wants to listen to them and get it right. — Martin C. Smith

What's wonderful is to read the different translations - some done in 1600 and some in 1900 - of the same passage. It's fascinating to watch the same tale repeated in such a different way by two different centuries. — Martin C. Smith

I hate to be categorized. — Martin C. Smith

I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about. — Martin C. Smith

I'd always been a great fan of George Orwell. — Martin C. Smith

If you take the contempt some Americans have for yuppies and multiply it by 10 you might come close to understanding their attitude towards the City, as they call it - London, the people of the south. — Martin C. Smith

The great thing about being a writer is that you are always recreating yourself. — Martin C. Smith

The fact is that I loved being in England. — Martin C. Smith

I have another Russian idea, too, with a place and a period, so I guess I have enough to keep me busy for quite some time, especially considering that I'm such a slow writer. — Martin C. Smith

I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans. — Martin C. Smith

I feel very bad about getting things wrong. — Martin C. Smith

Then years back, when I moved to California, I happened to see a book about fashions of 19th-century Victorian England, only four pages of which was devoted to the dress of the working class. — Martin C. Smith