Erico Verissimo Quotes & Sayings

I like the idea of standalone novels. I always found with series of books, it's something that publishers love obviously because they can make a lot of money and they build an audience from book to book, but I don't like that as a writer. I prefer the idea of just telling a story, completing it within your book, and moving on and not forcing a child to read eight of them. — John Boyne

My ability to adapt has always stood out. I've been immersed in many worlds and have had the influence of many things in my upbringing so I'm familiar with so many styles of living, so many characters, so many life paths and its just easy to simulate for me. — Aeriel Miranda

I was born in Dallas; then I moved to Allen, Texas. But then I got sent to boarding school, where I started to get fascinated with actors like Al Pacino. — Scott Haze

We Americans worship the almighty dollar! Well, it is a worthier god than Heredity Privilege. — Mark Twain

There can be no truer faith than the one you might have in yourself. — Ray Torres

Basically, men live under the pressure of one unrelenting message: Do not be perceived as weak. — Brene Brown

History is the shank of the social sciences. — C. Wright Mills

No one from the beginning of time has had security. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I would have given it up
all of it up
to be married to you for a day. A day that would never have come. You are a reminder
a reminder of everything I am losting. The Life I will not have. — Cassandra Clare

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast. — Roger Moore