Johannes Van Der Waals Quotes & Sayings

When I'm composing a scene for the first time, I try to imitate my character. The less critical distance the better - particularly when they're acting badly. — Jonathan Dee

I musn't run away. — Hideaki Anno

Information and inspiration are everywhere ... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture. — John Howe

Timothy, are you still black? — Theodore Taylor

Caveat emptor is the only motto going, and the worst proverb that ever came from the dishonest stony-hearted Rome. — Anthony Trollope

On 'Far North,' we were always aware of being at the whim of mother nature. She's the biggest star in the film. — Michelle Yeoh

What good your beautiful proof on the transcendence of Pi: Why investigate such problems, given that irrational numbers do not even exist? — Leopold Kronecker

If it comes at all, Emerson has cautioned that one's call might not come for years. If it doesn't, he remarks it as only a reflection of the universe's faith in one's abstinence, nothing to move the heart to fret — Frederick Exley

If you're reluctant to weep, you won't live a full and complete life. — Ray Bradbury

You had to break, to be unbroken. In the brokenness, I had found, that which was unbroken. That which was perfect, and beautiful, and complete. — T. Scott McLeod

All fiction, whether straight or genre, whether literature or Literature, is a personal reinterpretation of its writers' existence during the time the fiction was written. — William Gibson

There are no perfect relationships. There are no perfect partners. Relationships by their very nature are chaotic, eventful, and challenging. — Robert A. Glover

How much neurologic suffering would you let your child endure before saying that death is preferable? — Paul Kalanithi

I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be. — Alan Alda

I do some compassionate mindfulness every day. It's like a Buddhist thing. I tell myself that I'm doing a good job, that kind of thing. It makes me feel better. — Maria Bamford