All Quotes

There are works of fiction which seek to explain jihadi terrorists as the militant wing of Amnesty International. I don't buy that.
‐‐ Chris Morris

There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
‐‐ J. M. Coetzee

There are worlds and more worlds below them, and there are a hundred thousand skies over them. No one has been able to find the limits and boundaries of God. If there be any account of God, then alone the mortal can write the same; but God's account does not finish, and the mortal himself dies while still writing.
‐‐ Guru Nanak

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
‐‐ Ansel Adams

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
‐‐ Ray Bradbury

There are worse things than being called 'the camel lady,' I suppose.
‐‐ Robyn Davidson

There are worse things than being constantly hired to do anything.
‐‐ Jason Bateman

There are worse things than being thought a Republican.
‐‐ Charley Pride

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.
‐‐ Tillie Olsen

There are writers, and I know some of them, who are very disciplined. Who write, like, four pages a day, every day. And it doesn't matter if their dog got run over by a car that day, or they won the Irish sweepstakes. I'm not one of those writers.
‐‐ George R. R. Martin

There are writers for whom names mean nothing; everybody could be called John and Elizabeth, and the writing would be just as good. A name, of course, is like a piece of clothing, isn't it? It gives you an impression right away.
‐‐ James Salter

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.
‐‐ Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

There are writers out there who say they're writing a second series, and then you pick it up and it feels exactly the same, only the lead character is blonde instead of brunette.
‐‐ Alafair Burke

There are writers' rooms that will write episodes all together, who will break into little groups and write certain scenes. Everyone's process can be a little bit malleable. Everyone tries to get into a groove or find what works for their room.
‐‐ Jim Rash

There are writers who do start doing the same thing again and again and almost inevitably fall into self-parody.
‐‐ Tobias Wolff

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.
‐‐ Brad Thor

There are writers who pour out words, concepts that sound really important but that basically say nothing. I always tried to be as concise as possible, all to try and reach everyone, but especially the simple people, those who needed to be reached more than anyone else.
‐‐ Chespirito

There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.
‐‐ Sheri S. Tepper

There are writers whose first drafts are so lean, so skimpy, that they must go back and add words, sentences, paragraphs to make their fiction intelligible or interesting. I don't know any of these writers.
‐‐ Nancy Kress

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.
‐‐ Zora Neale Hurston

There are young people having babies every day that cannot possibly take care of them, and, as people who believe that every life is beautiful, we need to make them aware of another choice - to give that beautiful life up for adoption.
‐‐ John Schneider

There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.
‐‐ James Garner

There are younger, stronger swimmers coming up and they are hungry. I can't influence what they do, I only know what I can do and I know how greedy I am to defend my title.
‐‐ Kirsty Coventry

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it.
‐‐ Mercedes McCambridge

There aren't a lot of 'Aha!' moments in writing.
‐‐ Damon Galgut

There aren't a lot of cover bands that do Boston material or do it well, and the reason for that is that they are hard to play. So we put a lot of work into it. The musicians that I've managed to surround myself with after all of these years are individuals who really excel at what they do.
‐‐ Tom Scholz

There aren't a lot of female story artists, and it's baffling to me. There are a lot of kids in school that are female and I wonder, 'Where did they all go?' People have brought it up, asking me, 'What did you do?' I don't really know. I puttered along, did my thing and gender has really never been an issue.
‐‐ Jennifer Yuh Nelson

There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays.
‐‐ Shailene Woodley

There aren't a lot of guys like me left. But I'm a war horse. I've been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going.
‐‐ Joel Silver

There aren't a lot of guys out there keeping it real. Everybody's been branded. Everybody's been bought and sold.
‐‐ Tracy Morgan

There aren't a lot of ironclad rules of family life, but here's one: No matter how much your parents deny it - and here's betting they deny it a lot - they have a favorite child. And if you're a parent, so do you.
‐‐ Jeffrey Kluger

There aren't a lot of movie star males around my age that I can play opposite.
‐‐ Teresa Palmer

There aren't a lot of opportunities for that rite of passage that makes you a man. War is one of them, and violent sports are another.
‐‐ Sylvester Stallone

There aren't a lot of Portuguese models, so everyone always expects me to be Brazilian because of my features, sometimes even American, as I have a slight American accent when I speak English.
‐‐ Sara Sampaio

There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
‐‐ Samantha Mathis

There aren't a whole lot of people in culture that are unapologetically masculine.
‐‐ Tucker Max

There aren't a whole lot of people out of 300 million who could elected to the Congress.
‐‐ Jim Moran

There aren't a whole lot of things I want out of life. My bucket list is extremely short: Achieve the success in the industry I want, and get married. If I achieve both of those, I can die completely stoked. I don't need anything else.
‐‐ Samuel Larsen

There aren't always answers for the questions you're looking for, so I have to make peace with that sometimes.
‐‐ Kathleen Edwards

There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'
‐‐ Vanessa Diffenbaugh

There aren't any concrete steps to becoming a comic.
‐‐ Cristela Alonzo

There aren't any fences to the imagination, and so there shouldn't be any for books.
‐‐ Matt Haig

There aren't any liberals left in New York. They've all been mugged by now.
‐‐ James Q. Wilson

There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past so there's not much that's missing.
‐‐ Graydon Carter

There aren't any real dumb people in my voices. It's always irritated me about Hollywood dialogue - there's so much dialogue that would just bore a Ford mechanic. This is not how people talk.
‐‐ Jim Harrison

There aren't any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So you're just kind of brought up to feel-in any field, if you say you can do it, do it. There it is.
‐‐ Guy Clark

There aren't any small parts, only small paychecks.
‐‐ Joe Pantoliano

There aren't as many girl superheroes, but there are cool ones. Banshee, for instance.
‐‐ Kat Dennings

There aren't as many roles, and I think there's a lack of openness in casting an Asian character in a leading role or unless they're a stereotype. It's been hard. I've been able to play some non-stereotypical roles, which is great, but I have a lot of Asian actor friends who are struggling.
‐‐ Kimiko Glenn

There aren't as many roles for people who look like me, and it was always complicated when it came to casting my parents. But now I couldn't be more grateful that I have a different look.
‐‐ Meaghan Rath