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Here is a list of my twenty seven favourite quotes by Jack Freestone (me).

Please note that I used to write under the name Robert Black, so many of these quotes and some of my old books will flag up on Google under the name Robert Black.

But I assure you they are all original, and mine!

“Writers begin with a grain of sand, and then create a beach.”

“Every time I think I am out of the woods, I am back in the fire.”

“Every second in the air in Paris is art.”

“It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.”

“Life must be terrible for working people, considering they spend every Friday night celebrating a two day break from it.”

“Most of my girlfriends are sent by the Devil and seem genuinely bemused when I do not succumb to their powers.”

“One night stands are like chess, only the loser desires a rematch.”

“The best time to do anything, get drunk, surf, run, take a walk, gamble, make love, get high, watch a movie, read a book, is on a Monday, when everyone else is at work, as their depression will heighten your celebration, of not being them.”

“Find someone you care enough about to help you control your drinking. Preferably yourself.”

“Political correctness waters down the arts. It's like getting a beer, when you need a scotch.”

“When considering female human beings, we should ask ourselves what kind of organisms become overjoyed when presented with decapitated plants as gifts? I suppose we should consider ourselves fortunate they do not become overjoyed when presented with decapitated animals as gifts.”

“It’s a shame that sex is not all about pretty girls, flowers, and white lingerie. When it comes down to it, it’s more like a sweaty visit to the abattoir, followed by a salty fish market.”

“Hollywood is a collection of people without souls, pretending to be people with souls.”

“The best thing about women is they keep making new ones.”

“When all the world is a stage, the best liars will rise to the top.”

“People are like icebergs, you only see ten percent of them.”

“If a plant is wild, living in a forest, it is not reliant on you at all. Dig that plant up, and resettle it in your garden, then it is slightly reliant on you. But if you put that plant in a pot, and bring it into your house, then it is totally reliant on you. It can no longer be called wild, and no longer survive, or breed, without your help. And that is what your leaders are constantly trying to do to you.”

“We choose our parents; they do not choose us.”

“All a man really wants, is a girl who looks good in a bikini.”

“Life is a downpayment on a mirage.”

“Marriage is when women finally get what they want, and men wave the white flag, unaware of the firing squad that awaits them.”

“Like many things, politics only exists in the minds of the citizens.”

“We are all seeking the unobtainable. Until we find it, we settle for life.”

“If we are all streams of consciousness, then apart from genetic similarities, and conditioning, we are all strangers to our siblings.”

“Women are like bars of soap. After a while they lose their freshness, become worn and a bit hairy.”

“The way I see meditation is this, you can take your car through a carwash, but on the inside, it remains messy, and dirty. Most religions are carwashes. They will tell you the car looks great, because they cannot see the inside. But it is better to clean the inside first, and then later, you can drive it through a rainstorm.”

“The problem with working, I mean not self-employed, is that you have to get up and routinely do something that you do not want to do, plus you get talked down to, ordered around by twats you know you are better than. In reality, you are no better than a slave, no better than a hamster running on a wheel. You could say the hamster likes to run on the wheel, the hamster runs on the wheel by choice. But do not forget the hamster is always in a cage, and will never be anything else but a hamster running on a wheel inside a cage, unless it escapes the cage.”

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Published on October 24, 2025 07:06

My Favourite Lists - Movies, Songs, Books, Albums, Actors, and Actresses

Not easy to cut off at 6, especially the movies, songs, and books.

When you run long distance with earphones you soon learn which songs you enjoy the most and cannot live without.

I have added a general list of close finishers at the end of the lists.

I hope you enjoy them!

Movies:

Lost in Translation (2003)

The Swimmer (1968)

A Dark Song (2016)

Local Hero (1983)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Only God Forgives (2013)

Songs:

Just Add Water (Dave Dobbyn live version 2001 with Bic Runga and Tim Finn )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVKIZmVGujE&list=PLMIEcQ6APmB5eJ0o7Oh-_83zMolT4gJN8&index=8

Souvenir de Chine (Jean-Michel Jarre - live - 1981)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY_ozF-4IAU

Uncertain Smile (The The – Soul Mining - 1982)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bErFXjUGvQ

Alone in Kyoto (Air - 2003)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0SVd_Q5wIg

Shine on you Crazy Diamond (1975 parts 6-9)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pYd4RbnDro

Let Down (Radiohead - 1997)/ Going Home (Mark Knopfler - 1983)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DB-uJ0TxKQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z_NvVMUcG8

Books:

The Sun Also Rises (1925)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971)

The Rum Diary (1998)

Hollywood (1989)

The Wounded and the Slain (1955)

Ask the Dust (1939)

On the Road (1957)

Albums:

Soul Mining (1983)

Pirates (1981)

Island Life (1985)

Bladerunner (1994)

Suzanne Vega (1985)

Music Videos:

Miami Vice Theme – Jan Hammer (1984)

Rock Lobster – B-52s (1978)

Run, Run, Run – Goldenhorse (2005)

The Bad Touch - Bloodhound Gang (1999)

In Between Days – The Cure (1985)

Actresses:

Michelle Williams

Kristen Stewart

Naomi Watts

Alicia Vikander

Sigourney Weaver

Actors:

Michael Gambon

Nicholas Cage

Willem Defoe

Donald Pleasence

Donald Sutherland/Tim Roth

Close finishers:

Movies: Mr In Between (2001), Bette Blue (1986), Bladerunner (1982), Enter the Void (2009), The Beach (2000)

Songs: Us and Them (1973), No More I Love You's (1995), In Between Days (1985)

Books: One Night Out Stealing (1992), I, Jan Cremer (1964), Catch 22 (1961), Ghost Dancer (Douglas Wright 2004), The Colony (John Bowers 1952)

Albums: Romeo and Juliet (1996), A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1996), Drive (2011), August and Everything After (1993), Three Imaginary Boys (1979), Stoneage Romeos (1984), One Step Beyond (1979)

Enjoy