Gijsbert Haan Quotes & Sayings

The more we have at stake, the harder it is to make the leap into writing. The more we think about who's going to read it, what they're going to think, how many copies will be printed, whether this magazine or that magazine will accept it for publication, the further away we are from accomplishing anything alive on the page. — Dani Shapiro

No man can write who is not first a humanitarian — William Faulkner

We shouldn't compare the success of two kings knowing that one was born in the palace while the other in the street... — Assegid Habtewold

Spontaneous eloquence seems to me a miracle. — Vladimir Nabokov

A man hates his enemy because he hates his own hate. — Elie Wiesel

One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.' — Elspeth Huxley

Once we start shooting, it's in there. You're trying to get into a place where you rise to the work, rather than make it manageable or make it work for you. — Brendan Gleeson

Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult for a public company to invest for long-term success, and tend to force company leaders to sacrifice long-term results to protect current earnings. — Charles Koch

I'm a very protective person and I'm very, I don't want to say shy, but I tend to fall for people once I've been around them for a minute because I trust them and I'm willing to let them into my world a little more, so I can definitely say I've fallen for a friend. — Chelsea Kane

What I do on my solo stuff is just the most natural version of who I am, and I'm trying to represent the feelings that I'm feeling as purely as possible — John Frusciante

Would you do it differently if you could, now that you know how it ends? — Abbi Glines

The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind. — Sir Fulke Greville

My life would have been different without Paul Stanley or Ace Frehley. They would have to be the greatest on my list as an influence to my life at 11 years old. — Mike McCready

Thanks to a lot of people, not just myself, 'Whale Rider' had an amazing impact emotionally, and people remember it. I count myself very lucky that all those doors were unlocked, I just had to open them. — Keisha Castle-Hughes