Sometimes I’ll write something that’s purely autobiographical, and sometimes pure fiction, and sometimes a mix. Frankie Cosmos Read Quote
I didn’t feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie. Louis Malle Read Quote
On any given day, I’m likely to be working at home, hunched over this keyboard, typing Great Thoughts and Beautiful Sentences – or so they seem at the time, like those beautifully flecked and iridescent stones one finds at the seashore that gradually dry into dull gray pebbles. Michael Dirda Read Quote
When I became a parent I forgot about the part of myself which was very emotional, very dour a little depressed – but very good at writing emotional songs. Roland Orzabal Read Quote
The admission of one man, either hereditarily or for life only, into the place of chief of a country, is an evidence of the infirmity of man. Nature has set up no difference between a king and other men; a king, therefore, is purely the creation of our own hands. William Godwin Read Quote
The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a ‘No Drama’ rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management. Maureen Dowd Read Quote
Hollywood thrillers give away almost 70 percent of the story in promos but still the film remains interesting. In India we do a lot of cuts and put in songs in promos to create an impact. Sriram Raghavan Read Quote
Expanding internationally is exciting and fun, but the hardest part is really about maintaining culture. Stacy Brown-Philpot Read Quote
Often, players at clubs I have been at have asked me for prayers or advice. I prefer to show them things rather than to say things; with my actions, not my words. Kaka Read Quote
