Richard Adams
Richard Adams
Richard George Adamsis an English novelist who is known as the author of Watership Down, Shardik and The Plague Dogs. He studied modern history at university before serving in the British Army during World War II. Afterward he completed his studies and then joined the British Civil Service. In 1974, two years after Watership Down was published, Adams became a full-time author. He is now semi-retired...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 May 1920
challenge people process sure
I'm not sure they had slowed down enough to process it. That's the challenge for people in ministry.
award company excited great helping people receive step
I'm excited about the award for our company and our people. You aren't able to receive this recognition without having great people helping every step of the way.
black coming encourage environment
I just want to encourage them, ... Coming from a black environment, we don't like to give up our organs.
people system travel
The McDonald's system is so saturated that when people don't travel (during a gas-price surge), it's better for business.
people tricks cunning
Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
children stories our-children
Our children's children will hear a good story.
fate rabbits needs
Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate.
The Threarah doesn't like anything he hasn't thought of for himself.
names might dangerous
Dangerous thing, a name. Someone might catch hold of you by it, mightn't they?
men garden way
Bluebell had been saying that he knew the men hated us for raiding their crops and gardens, and Toadflax answered, 'That wasn't why they destroyed the warren. It was just because we were in their way. They killed us to suit themselves.
children book want
I've always said that Watership Down is not a book for children. I say: it's a book, and anyone who wants to read it can read it.
sooner-or-later
Sooner or later, everyone has to meet his match.
thinking survival usual
Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else.
sunset opportunity tyrants
At that moment, in the sunset on Watership Down, there was offered to General Woundwort the opportunity to show whether he was really the leader of vision and genius which he believed himself to be, or whether he was no more than a tyrant with the courage and cunning of a pirate. For one beat of his pulse the lame rabbit's idea shone clearly before him. He grasped it and realized what it meant. The next, he had pushed it away from him.