Gizdatov Quotes & Sayings

No writing is effortless. I'm not saying you can't have a good day where the words just kind of flow, but even those words have to be edited. Probably more than once. And I'm not saying a character hasn't somehow gone in a different direction that I wanted her to go, but that was me, not her. I let her get away from me. I let her roam free and nine times out of ten, the result is not good. I have to go back and start over because she veered off the path of my book. She changed the vision. And I did that. Not her. — Darynda Jones

I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing. I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny. So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day. — Al Yankovic

With a terrible silence, the sky ripped open.

It swallowed them.

Rosemary looked out the window, and realised that she'd never really seen the colour black before. — Becky Chambers

Out of the fires of refinement, come the praise of His magnificence, the brilliance of His glory, and the honor of His precious Son, Jesus Christ. — Robin Bertram

I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after. — Moira Kelly

I never use the word 'hero' in sports. Hero is way above 'star.' I save 'star' for sports. Sports is entertainment; that's all it is. — Bud Grant

As a kid, I always looked up to supermodels, thinking about how amazing they are. I always wanted to be in photos. — Kendall Jenner

For one moment, it is more important to take in the spectacular than to worry about the pressing business of staying alive. — Doug Dorst

You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games. — Harry Caray

If I exorcise my devils, all my angels may go, too. — Tom Waits

I'd like to play bass like Bootsy Collins. I'm serious. That would be my dream. — Anthony Bourdain

If you see many paths before you, don't be afraid; if you see only one path before you, then be afraid because choice means freedom and no choice means slavery! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I knew I was having a panic attack. I hadn't had one in a while, though, and I'd forgotton how they made everything like it- and I- was going to fall apart. How they reminded me of how trapped I was. — Elizabeth Scott