Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, ‘How are you, you old scoundrel!’ clearly I don’t really mean he’s a scoundrel. Umberto Eco Read Quote
I always like to believe that my work is about the expansion of the possibilities of the viewer. So if you have a sense of a heightened situation where there’s an excitement, a physical excitement and an intellectual stimulation, there’s just this sense of expansion. Because that’s where the art happens. Inside the viewer. Jeff Koons Read Quote
I know there are people who can direct sitting down away from it all at a video monitor. But I can’t do that. Ken Loach Read Quote
We all deal with failure. If you’re lucky to have a long career, it’s part of the experience. David Henry Hwang Read Quote
I see Amit spends a lot of time with the kids which is even reflective in their behaviours because most of their mannerisms seem to be influenced by their father. Jaya Bachchan Read Quote
It’s a unique situation as well because England is a small country, so it makes it easy for the fans to travel. If we play down in London, they get buses and we’ll get three or four thousand fans come down. They’ll all sit in the same area and show their support for the team. Claudio Reyna Read Quote
I wouldn’t want to try to adapt something of my own. It would be like going back to school and doing all my exams again. Kazuo Ishiguro Read Quote
Part of the power of all storytelling is reassurance, offering hope to those sat in the darkness, that good can succeed and wrongdoing fail. Charles Sturridge Read Quote
