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On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience.


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SIMON NEWCOMB If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.
SIMON COWELL My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.
SIMON COWELL When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables...
SIMON COWELL I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like g...
SIMON COWELL My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'
SIMON COWELL I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical,...
SIMON COWELL The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed a...
SIMON COWELL I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
SIMON COWELL I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do i...
SIMON COWELL You are a saucy little thing aren't you?
SIMON COWELL Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
SIMON COWELL I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of,...
SIMON COWELL The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.
SIMON COWELL I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can&#...
SIMON COWELL I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly...
SIMON COWELL You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
SIMON COWELL Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELL You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.
SIMON COWELL Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL