Goldmann Hoffman Quotes & Sayings

You're not required to save the world with your creativity. Your art not only doesn't have to be original, in other words, it also doesn't have to be important. For example, whenever anyone tells me that they want to write a book in order to help other people I always think 'Oh, please don't. Please don't try to help me.' I mean it's very kind of you to help people, but please don't make it your sole creative motive because we will feel the weight of your heavy intention, and it will put a strain upon our souls. — Elizabeth Gilbert

There is a certain physiognomy in manners. — Joseph Cook

It is said in the desert that possession of water in great amount can inflict a man with fatal carelessness. — Frank Herbert

To enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others ... — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives. — C.D. Payne

A poem is like a score for the human voice. — Li-Young Lee

if he was going to flirt so openly with a skank who wore enough hair spray to thin the ozone a good two inches, then he could have at it. I had better things to do with my time than watch him. For example, I needed to put the song "Jolene" on repeat and listen to it about a thousand times. — Darynda Jones

I've seen plays that are, objectively, total messes that move me in ways that their tidier brethren do not. That's the romantic mystery of great theater. Translating this ineffability into printable prose is a challenge that can never be fully met. — Ben Brantley

I have a great deal of mind. It takes a long time to change it. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

You want to make me the best soldier possible. Go down and look at the standings. Look at the all-time standings. So far you're doing an excellent job with me. Congratulations. Now when are you going to put me up against a good army? — Orson Scott Card

Welcome to vampire-ville." He chuckled. — S.L. Ross

What I'm trying to do is find either existing properties or come up with properties or angles or stories which will create music drama. It's my obsession and most of all I would like to remain working in theatre. I think it's very much alive. — Pete Townshend