Bashalaman Quotes & Sayings

I feel like, if I'm being honest with myself, my biggest skill set is as a writer 'cause I can do that quickly and I'm really grounded in story structure. Part of my success as an actor, is that I know story well. Part of my success as a director, is how well I know story. Same thing, as a producer. It all begins and ends with me as a story creator. But, I love doing it all. — Mark Duplass

The truth was that she'd never realised how absorbing it could be to write. — Gemma Malley

Among the countless people in the world, two will find each other against all the odds and beat as a single eternal heart.
- Not First Love — Jennifer Lawrence

What would you think if I told you that, yes, your bad choices and decisions have had a part in your ending up under this pier, but beyond that, under this pier is exactly where you should be in order for a future to occur that you can't even imagine at this point? — Andy Andrews

No man can be fully efficient if he expects praise or appreciation for what he does. — Murray Leinster

Funerals often inspired me to consider the lives and the deaths of people who were close to me. And, in the repose of contemplation, my heart grew still. The more distant my connection with the deceased, the more I felt moved to go to the cemetery, accompanied by my own memories, to burn incense and press my palms together in devotion to those memories. So it was that as a youth, my decorous behavior at the funerals of strangers was never feigned; rather, it was a manifestation of the capacity of sadness I had within myself."
-from "The Master of Funerals — Yasunari Kawabata

Beauty like hers is genius. — Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Some people like to focus on other aspects of my life, but first and foremost I am a dedicated and top swimmer. — Amanda Beard