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Many people with dyslexia truly suffer, and their lives are worse off for having had that disability.


Malcolm Gladwell

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MALCOLM MCLAREN Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that yo...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Everyone should be commended for allowing people to make disasters, to make failures - you've ju...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I left school at 16 and my mother got me a job as a trainee wine taster. But one day I followed some...
MALCOLM MCLAREN The Pistols were like my work of art. They were my canvas.
MALCOLM MCLAREN Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
MALCOLM MCLAREN I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Don't kill the golden goose.
MALCOLM MCLAREN Rock and roll doesn't necessarily mean a band. It doesn't mean a singer, and it doesn't ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn righ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN Punk's influence on music, movies, art, design and fashion is no longer in doubt. It is used as ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may ch...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I always said punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped ...
MALCOLM MCLAREN I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I love doing every role I do!
MALCOLM MCDOWELL You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limi...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL There are no great scripts - just great films.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there'...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I've always been one to do the work and just hone my craft.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just on...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL If you dunk your head in cold water, you can't stay under for more than five seconds. I mean, th...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherw...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconi...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I'm not quite as buoyant as I was in my youth.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are jus...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try ...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous inte...
MALCOLM MCDOWELL The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
MALCOLM MCDOWELL