Egon Tiedemann Quotes & Sayings

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate. — Katherine Dunn

Without the witty, potent dialogue and the puzzling shape of the story, the movie would have been merely an American version of the kind of brooding, shadow-filled, Ufa-style expressionist stuff that Joe had grown up watching in Prague. Without the brooding shadows and cold adventurings of the camera, without the theatrical lighting and queasy angles, it would have been merely a clever movie about a rich bastard. It was much, much more, than any movie really needed to be. In this one crucial regard--its inextricable braiding of image and narrative--Citizen Kane was like a comic book. — Michael Chabon

Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost? — Robert Jordan

When you're headlining, people are paying to come see you specifically. It's a different kind of pressure, because you've got to deliver. You've got to give these people what they paid for. It's a different mind state, a different type of mentality, but it's honestly a pretty good problem to have, you know? — J. Cole

My mother taught me long ago that only madmen fight wars they cannot win. — George R R Martin

Hysterical fundamentalism is not the way into the future; it is the last gasp of the past. — John Shelby Spong

There is madness in youth, but sometimes a god inspires it. — Mary Renault

... no place is more filled with imagined voices than a library. — Wayne C. Booth

I didn't appreciate the young woman that I was, or my young beauty, because I was so obsessed with the fact that I felt fat. It's never good to add to anybody else's suffering. It's an important topic to really get the gravity and the importance of - dealing with dignity. — Margaret Cho

I thought about writing the character as male, but then I would be forced to portray him as a woman in a man's body. — Christopher Stocking

First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team. — Earl Campbell

I like to be in my pajamas all day. Sometimes I don't wash for days because I like to read and sit around. I like to eat in bed. — Jamaica Kincaid

With a clipped slash of his arm, Lucien knocked her hat. The ultrafashionable Anya sported uneven bangs and layers that hung sloppily around her face. "You may or may not look ridiculous. And adorable," he added with a grumble. — Gena Showalter