Grigas Artist Quotes & Sayings

My wife told me I'm not as disgusting to her as I used to be. — John Kruk

All green things brown. — Gregory Maguire

A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself — W.E.B. Du Bois

Each patient carries his own doctor inside him. — Norman Cousins

Consciousness can keep only a few images in full clarity at one time, and even this clarity fluctuates. — Carl Jung

I had this whole hippie idea of how easy raising a baby would be. How he would just eat and sleep and listen to Mozart, and I could just go on with my life the way it was. I was very wrong. It [being a mother] has taught me to be present and to live inside my body rather than in some out-there fantasy world. — Chiara Barzini

If you want truth, you should begin by giving it. — Lloyd Alexander

It's really how you deal with people. Do people respect you? Are you honest with people even if it's something they don't want to hear? Anyone in Hollywood will tell you I'm extremely up front and honest almost to a fault. — Ving Rhames

On Fiction:
(Martin) had discovered, in the course of his reading, two schools of fiction. One treated of man as a god, ignoring his earthly origin; the other treated of man as a clod, ignoring his heaven-sent dreams and divine possibilities. Both god and clod schools erred, in Martin's estimation, and erred though too great singleness of sight and purpose. There was a compromise that approximated the truth, though it flattered not the school of god, while it challenged the brute-savageness of the school of clod. It was his story, "Adventure," which had dragged Ruth, that Martin believed had achieved his ideal of the true in fiction; and it was in an essay, "God and Clod," that he had expressed his views on the whole subject. — Jack London

You talk crazy any more and I'll leave.
Leave. For Christ's sake leave.
She would not take her eyes from the dry wash. All right.
Don't, he would say then. Don't.
Why do you say those things. Why do you fight.
He would sit on the bed and put his head in his hands. To find out if you're alive. — Joan Didion

Sentiment is an echo of violence. It's not really a vital expression. — Joseph Campbell

it's because you're a different person, every time you re-read a book, and you learn things your earlier self wouldn't have noticed or wouldn't have cared about. Or sometimes it's just because the story is an old favorite, and it's a comforting reminder of good things. — Melissa McShane

We travel to ancient times by reading history books. — Lailah Gifty Akita

1. Form the possessive singular of nouns with 's. — William Strunk Jr.

There was the faintest of sounds, as of a gnat yawning. — Terry Pratchett