Harrietson Quotes & Sayings

Thousands of women are crushed and made inarticulate by that system and never develop as their natures would force them to develop were they in a decent environment. — Agnes Smedley

There are seldom more than a couple of students in any workshop who seem natural writers. — James Lasdun

You realize how selfish you were to wish that your wife survived you. It was your selfishness that made you deny that your wife had a serious illness. — Kyung-Sook Shin

It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle. — Gary Oldman

When I think of Emily Dickinson, there's not one particular poem of hers that jumps out, but I do have a very vivid image of an ill woman with giant eyes who wants to write about the sun exploding. — Mallory Ortberg

All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of. — William Shatner

I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don't necessarily have access to. — Alan Ball

It was then I truly realised the whale is no more a fish than I am. So much blood. This was not like the fish on the quay, fresh caught, lying flipping and flopping, death on a simmer. This was a fierce, boiling death. She died thrashing blindly in a slick of gore, full of pain and fury, gnashing her jaws, beating her tail, spewing lumps of slime and half-digested fish that fell stinking about us. It was vile. So much strength dies slowly. — Carol Birch

I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning. — P. J. O'Rourke

The whole voiceover world is new and different to me and quite challenging. — Jack Coleman

He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material. — George Gaylord Simpson