Quotes by Frank Cottrell Boyce

About Frank Cottrell Boyce:

Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom. He has recently achieved fame as the writer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and for sequels to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, a children's classic by Ian Fleming.
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There are more stars than there are people. Billions, Alan had said, and millions of them might have planets just as good as ours. Ever since I can remember, I’ve felt too big. But now I felt small. Too small. Too small to count. Every star is mass...

Frank Cottrell Boyce

We walked on the moon. We made footprints somewhere no one else had ever made footprints, and unless someone comes and rubs them out, those footprints will be there forever because there’s no wind.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

And in that moment, I felt my own ignorance spread suddenly out behind me like a pair of wings, and every single thing I didn’t know was a feather on those wings. I could feel them tugging at the air, restless to be airborne.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Personally, I think, so what? Money's just a thing and things change. That's what I've found. One minute something's really there, right next to you, and you can cuddle up to it. The next it just melts away, like a Hershey's kiss.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Author Bio

  • NameFrank Cottrell Boyce
  • Descriptiontelevision scriptwriter
  • BornSeptember 23, 1959
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Writer; Novelist; Playwright
  • AwardsCarnegie Medal