I had a penchant myself for doing several things at once. I wanted to draw, write, speak. Patti Smith Read Quote
I used to be under the impression that if a role wasn’t difficult, then there was nothing happening. Then a director said to me: ‘Ken, you’ve got to realise, acting can be fun, too.’ Ken Stott Read Quote
I’m looking forward to the time they describe me as the former president. And, of course, there are pressures from my own party and other Sudanese parties also, and I succumb to those pressures, but I hope as soon as possible I can find an exit out of this. Omar al-Bashir Read Quote
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that’s an alibi for my ignorance. Will Rogers Read Quote
Mostly what I try to do is build emotion. Only I’d prefer not to do it by telling you about emotion but by pushing that emotion down. Rebecca Stead Read Quote
Size zero doesn’t make you happy, and I’m not sure I have the discipline for Hollywood. I’m too much of a fan of chocolate and crisps. Honeysuckle Weeks Read Quote
In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into a representation. Guy Debord Read Quote
Trying to learn to be a good man is like learning to play tennis against a wall. You are only a good man – a competent, capable, interesting and lovable man – when you’re doing it for, or with, other people. A. A. Gill Read Quote
Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a sense that the site and the occasion demand a form of writing which goes beyond plain informative prose. Each word is so valued that the letters forming it are seen as objects of solemn beauty. James Fenton Read Quote
