Detenor Quotes & Sayings

A book is one kind of an art form and a film is a different art form. I think as a writer you just have to say, well the book is one thing, and the film is a completely different one. — Lisa See

Watercolor is not my way of expression.
[Vincent Van Gogh] — Irving Stone

Two hundred metres away from the cafe in Colaba police station, the duty inspector heard the rounds tumble and fizz, wondering if they were from an AK-47. ...The inspector buttonholed two constables armed with standard issue .303 bolt-action rifles. They were so antiquated that they were no longer in production in India...At most city police stations these and bamboo lathis were the only weapons available. — Cathy Scott-Clark

satisfyingly dizzying — Bill Bryson

Who loves you most? Who loves you best? Who thinks of you when others rest? — Elizabeth Gilbert

I love the abstract, delicate, profound, vague, voluptuously wordless sensation of living ecstatically. — Anais Nin

Q: Why do you think that people are so protective of their egos? Why is it so hard to let go of one's ego? A: People are afraid of the emptiness of space, or the absence of company, the absence of a shadow. It could be a terrifying experience to have no one to relate to, nothing to relate with. The idea of it can be extremely frightening, though not the real experience. It is generally a fear of space, a fear that we will not be able to anchor ourselves to any solid ground, that we will lose our identity as a fixed and solid and definite thing. This could be very threatening. — Chogyam Trungpa

My goal is to invite readers to think along with me and draw their own conclusions. — Meghan Daum

I had rather be a mind provocateur than a celebrity because thoughts dwell longer in a person than a designer dress borrowed for one night. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

I don't like catchphrases either. A current one would be, "Bye, Felicia." It's used so much that we don't even know the origin anymore. — Margaret Cho

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life. — Thandie Newton

The moment you enter into the world of words, you start falling away from that which is. The more you enter into language, the farther you are away from existence. — Osho