Divisadero Book Quotes & Sayings

To read of human depravity in the police reports is one thing, to see it fall like a black shadow across one's life is another. — William John Locke

The power of a painting has to come from the inside out, not the outside in. It's not just an image. It's an image with a body and that body has to contain its spirit ... What's behind it decides everything. How it starts will define how it ends. — Sean Scully

All we did for the rest of that evening was sing, the dying sun pitched in a corner of the sky as faint as a nipple on the chest of a teenage girl a distance away. — Chigozie Obioma

The trouble is, women have to be absolutely first class to get where third-class men get. — Ursula K. Le Guin

There ya go, end of the universe, butterfingers. — David Tennant

This mission was about as stealthy as Godzilla at a petting zoo. — Michelle Muto

Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's. — Deborah Tannen

There are many documentary filmmakers who have a tough time because they don't really get what they need to do what they want. There are so many people with good visions that should be encouraged and helped. And they will deliver, I'm sure. — Max Von Sydow

When Al Gore picked Joe Lieberman to be his running mate in the 2000 presidential campaign, Eszterhas wrote "Joe Lieberman frightens me. Why should we, an Hollywood voter, donate money to a man who threatens our creative freedom, our freedom of expression." — David Shuster

Things are forgotten and then perhaps picked up again, if we're lucky, it lasts ... if not, then it's in the lap of the gods. The important thing was to do some work that I liked and hopefully that some others might also like, whether for a minute, a week, a month, a year. — Tom Glazer

When I was 5 years old, hanging out with my friends who were all older than me, like 8 or 9, I was joking around like, 'Yeah, when I'm 20 that's a perfect age to go pro.' That's what I had in my head. Then I turn pro at 13. It's all been a mystery and its all been awesome. — Ryan Sheckler