Gettertools Quotes & Sayings

London is like the grave in one respect
any man can make himself at home there; and whenever a man finds himself homeless elsewhere, he had better either die or go to London. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I respond to authenticity and originality, and I've been a fan of Don Winslow's ever since 'The Power Of The Dog.' — Chuck Hogan

If you stop loving someone, did you ever love them? If you say you're committed and later you're not committed, well, was the first thing commitment? You see what I mean? This kind of thing has always interested me. — Tim O'Brien

People often ask me what advice I have for writers, and I reply that the most important responsibility I believe a writer has is to his or her personal truth. Don't be misled by the best seller lists. Just do what feels true to you. Speak your heart, however strange or revelatory it is. Don't be ashamed of how your imagination works. What a reader wants to discover in a book is what you hold uniquely in your head.I think making stories which touch people deeply is always hard. I've been writing plays and books for 20 years and I still go to my desk every morning with a mixture of excitement and dread. — Clive Barker

I want to be liked ... No, I want to be more than just liked ... I want people to say, "that Charlie Brown is a great guy!" And when people are at parties, I want them to look for me, and when I finally arrive, I want them to say, "here comes good ol' Charlie Brown ... Now everything will be all right!" I want to be a special person ... I want to be needed ... It's kind of hard to explain ... Do you understand? I mean, do you know what I'm talking about?" "Sure, I understand perfectly ... " "Well?" "Forget it! Five cents, please! — Charles M. Schulz

I think, myself, that one's memories represent those moments which, insignificant as they may seem, nevertheless represent the inner self and oneself as most really oneself. — Agatha Christie

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't. — John Lithgow

God meant for things to be much easier than we have made them — Dorothy Day

The interesting thing is that New Order finished on an okay note. It was only after we split that things got worse. — Peter Hook

I love knowing that you love me like I love. Without your love, I could not live. — Auliq Ice

Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more. — Pat Summitt

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera. — Gene Tierney

Like a great poet, Nature knows how to produce the greatest effects with the most limited means. — Heinrich Heine