Quotes by Thinking But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably havent read them. Alexander McCall Smith issuesbookthinking We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is an act of kindness on the part of women. Alexander McCall Smith kindnessmenthinking If your ceiling should fall down, then you have lost a room, but gained a courtyard. Think of it that way. Alexander McCall Smith ceilingsfallthinking This is another thing which I really like investigating in my novels: what is it that makes an intimate society, that makes a society in which moral concern for others will be possible? Part of that I think are manners and ritual. We tried to get rid of manners, we tried to abolish manners in the '60s. Manners were very, very old-fashioned and un-cool. And of course we didn't realise that manners are the building blocks of proper moral relationships between people. Alexander McCall Smith concern-for-othersblockthinking I enjoy women's conversation, and I think that helps me to describe them in fiction. Alexander McCall Smith helpingfictionthinking Life consists of positive and negative features, and I think that it is permissible to write about both. Alexander McCall Smith writingnegativethinking We need to believe I think in justice. We need to run our lives as if justice existed... If we abandon a belief that justice will eventually be done, we make this world much more difficult for ourselves. Alexander McCall Smith runningbelievethinking I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it. Alexander McQueen life-changingfashionthinking I use things that people want to hide in their heads. War, religion, sex; things we all think about, but don’t bring to the forefront. But I do and I force them to watch it Alexander McQueen warsexthinking If you're lucky enough to use something you see in a dream, it is purely original. It's not in the world - it's in your head. I think that is amazing. Alexander McQueen luckydreamthinking I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade. Alexander McQueen clothesromancethinking The turnover of fashion is just so quick and so throwaway, and I think that is a big part of the problem. There is no longevity. Alexander McQueen fashionproblemthinking The reason I'm patriotic about Scotland is because I think it's been dealt a really hard hand. It's marketed the world over as . . . haggis . . . bagpipes. But no one ever puts anything back into it. Alexander McQueen patriotichandsthinking I think I should be a president. President of the United States. Alexander McQueen united-statespresidentthinking I think there is beauty in everything. Alexander McQueen thinking For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut. Alexander McQueen cuttinglongthinking I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design. Alexander McQueen clothespeoplethinking I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore. Alexander McQueen fashionideasthinking Some designers are so airy-fairy people can't connect with them. I hope people can relate to me, to a normal person who just happens to be a fashion designer, that people can take me as they find me. It's not the designer's job to care about what people think. Whatever else I've done, I've never tried to be something that I'm not. Alexander McQueen fashionjobsthinking I think sometimes I might scare the editors, because they might feel they're getting old and they're not understanding it. The problem lies on their side of the fence, not mine. I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. Alexander McQueen editorslyingthinking«114115116117118119120121122123124»
