Emily Perkins Quotes & Sayings

Writing is a way of life. I do it because it's a way of experiencing the world, and trying to come to terms with it and understand it and express it and engage with it. And to me it's a natural extension of reading. — Emily Perkins

I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton' and Mia Farrow. — Emily Perkins

I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders and Alice Munro. — Emily Perkins

My fans have been so great. I'll go on fansites and read messages they put, and they all seem like really nice people. — Emily Perkins

I have a huge passion for literature. — Emily Perkins

There was a terminal narrative. It was a story until it stopped being a story and until then they kept wanting to know. Give up... Surrender your need for the detail; there is only one way this is going to end. — Emily Perkins

This is what we had become, after the first symbiotic year of our living together: a couple who needed another couple to be around. — Emily Perkins

One of my favourite actresses is Kate Winslet. She plays strong female characters and seems like she has a strong political awareness. I really like Naomi Watts and Juliette Lewis. — Emily Perkins

I'd love to do comedy. And I think I have pretty good sense of comic timing, so I'd really like to try that. — Emily Perkins

Jesus Christ, it's like living with Stevie bloody Nicks,' I said, 'only without the cocaine, which would be more fun. — Emily Perkins

That first pregnancy is a long sea journey to a country where you don't know the language, where land is in sight for such a long time that after a while it's just the horizon - and then one day birds wheel over that dark shape and it's suddenly close, and all you can do is hope like hell that you've had the right shots. — Emily Perkins

How life can change if you're lucky enough to be around for it. — Emily Perkins