Jp Parise Quotes & Sayings

After playing with Rob Zombie, I was ready to go, 'OK, this is as far as I'm taking this bass-playing thing. This is the end of the road.' I was ready to kind of hang it up. — Jason Newsted

A good brain ain't diddley, if you don't have the facts. — Ani DiFranco

Sometimes we complain, but there is something beautiful about waking up before everyone to get better at what we love. — Missy Franklin

The particular qualities and intentions of photographs tend to be swallowed up in the generalized pathos of time past. — Susan Sontag

Sometimes when one cannot stand the story or novel one
is working on, it helps to write something else - a different
story or novel, or essays venting one's favorite peeves, or exercises
aimed at passing the time and incidentally polishing up
one's craft. The best way in the world for breaking a writer's
block is to write a lot. Jabbering away on paper, one gets
tricked into feeling interested, all at once, in something one is
saying, and behold, the magic waters are flowing again. Often
it helps to work on a journal, since that allows the writer to
write about those things that most interest him, yet frees him
of the pressure of achievement and encourages him to develop
a more natural, more personal style. — John Gardner

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear. — Joan D. Vinge

She believed that, in an ideal world, the working class would rule the country, but she had no particular desire to ask any of them to tea. — John Mortimer

I've been very fortunate as a composer to be involved with projects that have really propelled my scores forward. I'm very proud of it. — Alan Menken

Take a stand for what's right. Raise a ruckus and make a change. You may not always be popular, but you'll be part of something larger and bigger and greater than yourself. Besides, making history is extremely cool. — Samuel L. Jackson

I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well. — Terry J. Lundgren

There's one thing that's true at least," he said. "You dwarfs really love gold, don't you?" "Of course we don't. Don't be silly." "Well - " "We just say that to get it into bed. — Terry Pratchett