Brian Lumley Quotes

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.

Fortune is either with you or it's not.

We are not saints, gods, spiritual human beings that we can sit and decide whether a film will do well or not. It is not in our hands.

I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.

Much of what we do in life has a huge component of luck.

Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity.

Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.

You may have done 20 great shows in a row and come to one, and it doesn't work. You never presume anything.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.

Success and failure are equally surprising.

I shall either perish or reign.

In the annals of human history the growth of nations, the rise and fall of empires, appear as dependent on the will and prowess of man. The shaping of events seems, to a great degree, to be determined by his power, ambition, or caprice. But in the word of God the curtain is drawn aside, and we behold, behind, above, and through all the play and counter play of human interests and power and passions, the agencies of the all-merciful One, silently, patiently working out the counsels of His own will.

Three takes. You're either going to get it, or you're not going to get it. There's no use persisting; it just had to work that way.

The reality is that luck does play a part of it. It does. Ultimately it's a make or miss league.

I went to the ultimate high to an ultimate low. It's just how life goes, and everything happens for a reason.

I think you end up on the lucky side, or you don't.

You can't pick and choose who's going to win or who's gonna mess up.

If you make your own luck then I don't seem to be very good at it.

Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation, while bad luck is when lack of preparation meets reality.