Fay Weldon Quotes

If someone criticizes me, I strike back.

Over the years, during television interviews, whenever the host or the reviewer or whoever gets cynical and nasty with me, I will behave accordingly. I will defend myself.

That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes.

Yoiu have to fight in order to live in peace.

Fighting's not me - it's just something that I do.

Answer them critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .

We get blows and return them.

Fighting causes you to face life head on, because you could end up seriously getting hurt, and you could hurt somebody else. It causes both people to face the reality that we are fragile beings, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves in the process and punch each other in the face and have a good time.

I had people come up from NXT and say to me, 'one thing we know is that we hear you're a bully,' I say that I am because I know that I am going to be bullied back at some point so I might as well start it.

I never picked fights. I'm never going to start to pick fights. If they ask me to fight someone, I'll say yes.

When someone attacks you, there is always an opportunity, and that's what I look for.

In my position, I'm always going to get a bit of flak. I take it with a grain of salt.

Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

We are for peace, but we accept the challenge of the enemy. We will protect our motherland.

If you choose to criticize, you choose your enemies.

We've never declared war on anybody. We [Iran] defended ourselves against wars that were imposed on us. We have no desire to engage in confrontation with anybody.

You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a fighter.' 'You're a freak is what you are,' I said.

Never demean yourself by talking back to a critic, never. Write those letters to the editor in your head, but don't put them on paper.

All attack is a call for help.

If you know how to shoot, and are quite ready to shoot, the chances are that you won't have to shoot.

Are you defending Marcie?” He shook his head. “I don’t need to. She handled herself. You, on the other hand…” I pointed at the door. “Out.

When Chong made to sit down next to her, Lilah drew her knife and stabbed the point into the earth between them. "I can see that you need some quiet time," he said and scuttled quickly away.

There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.