B37719 Quotes & Sayings

He wanted to say that he'd learned to read in gaol [jail], to really read. He wanted to tell her that the library had been his favorite place inside, that when he read 'As I Lay Dying' he'd found a voice that made sense of time and space as he was experiencing it in gaol, that it had spoken to him more clearly and more profoundly than any voice he'd ever encountered before: of how the past could not be separated from memory, of how it was not only time that changed people, but memory as well. — Christos Tsiolkas

One should live their life as they choose, — C.C. Hunter

I have always wanted to play different kinds of stuff, but it's hard, first to find good material, and then to change people's perception of you so they'll let you do it. I mean, I would really like to play a poet, but once they get this notion of you as a street guy, it's hard to change that. — Matt Dillon

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late. — Branch Rickey

Barbecue sauce is like a beautiful woman. If it's too sweet, it's bound to be hiding something. — Lyle Lovett

We only did probably two, three takes on every scene we did, at the most. — Kim Novak

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be. — Columbus Short

If you are too busy to exercise, you are too busy. — Ed Bliss

When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know where the doors were - the entrances, the exits; the tables, the props - and then I would hire the designer. I took charge of the visuals - scenery and costumes and so on. And, the shows looked wonderful. — Harold Prince

There's the job and then there's my family. There's very little time beyond that for friends. — Dalton McGuinty

Allow yourself, if only for a short moment, to go to that place where you cannot possibly think of one thing that you need to do. Go there and see what happens. — Art Hochberg

My dream was to be a working actress that would be working in theater. — Sarah Jessica Parker

There was a faded brown stain on the carpet and I wondered if a patient had once taken a shit in here in the middle of a session. I — David Wong

Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction. — O. Henry