Knuckleballers Quotes & Sayings

What I would say is this: writing poems doesn't make you a poet. ... It is only with poetry, for some reason, that everyone wants to believe they can try their hand at it once in a while and be considered, can call themselves a poet. ... . It's a craft. It's an art. It's a skill. It is not therapy, and it is not compensation for terrible things in one's life. It is a thing in itself. You devote yourself to being an instrument of it, or you wander forever in the belief that it is a form of "self-expression." ... And I explained very clearly my opinion of what I think a poet, an artist is. Someone who puts this thing first. — Franz Wright

the choices we make dictate the life we lead — Danny De Vito

I kind of felt like a new kind of princess. A warrior princess, ready to swing her battle-ax through hordes of the fashion-challenged and the socially unfortunate. — Rachel Vincent

Part of the art of creating is in discovering your own kind. They are everywhere. But don't look for them in the wrong places
Henry Miller
As you put yourself and your work out there, you will run into your fellow knuckleballers. These are your real peers-the people who share your obsessions, the people who share a similar mission to your own, the people with whom you share a mutual respect. There will only be a handful or so of them, but they're so, so important. Do what you can to nurture your relationships with these people. Show them work before you show anybody else. Keep them as close as you can. — Austin Kleon

We did the 'MacGruber' Super Bowl spot for Pepsi, which generated some outside interest. We have a sketch where a guy blows up after 90 seconds. How are we going to make that into a movie? — Jorma Taccone

The Buddha is found in other people - even the ones we do not like very much. — Francis Harold Cook

We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves. — Gloria Steinem

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly. — Jo Brand

I'm going to be like Benjamin Button; I'm just going to grow younger. I will probably be happy, fat, with kids and looking back and thinking, 'I was such a angry young woman.' — Lykke Li

As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage. — Peggy McIntosh

When the Lord relieves you of that un wanted affliction. Then it is time to serve Him without restriction. — Nathan Jones

They won't let me ... I can't be ... good! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You're getting old when you see a girl who looks like someone you used to know, and it turns out to be her daughter. — Mike Connolly

When you're doing a series like this, you're constantly looking for new ways to excite your audience. — Nicholas Lea

Make it smart. Make it beautiful. Have fun. — Lee Clow