Leerrijke Quotes & Sayings

So much for my great vendetta, so much for the tireless hunt for my betrayer. Isn't this how life turns out, more often than not? It refuses to conform to your needs - the narrative needs that you feel are essential to give rough shape to your time on this earth. — William Boyd

If you look at 'Mad Men,' it's set in the wrong decade. The style of Mad Men is really the 1950s, not the 1960s. — Jerry Della Femina

A Christian knows when it is time to speak of God and when it is better to say nothing and to let love alone speak. He knows that God is love and that God's presence is felt at the very time when the only thing we do is to love. — Pope Benedict XVI

You can't use your camera as a shield against human suffering ... — Zana Briski

I love Martin Amis. — Maura Tierney

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina. — Roman Coppola

There was only now [ ... ] There was no tomorrow because tomorrow was the excuse. There was now or there was nowhere. — John Le Carre

When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you're not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they're driving the vehicle. — Ruth Ozeki