Makmur Lestari Quotes & Sayings

I write books to find out about things. — Rebecca West

Exactly, I repeated myself. I believe we do it all the time. We always take up certain elements again. How can it be avoided? An actor's voice always has the same timbre and, consequently, he repeats himself. It is the same for a singer, a painter ... There are always certain things that come back, for they are part of one's personality, of one's style. If these things didn't come into play, a personality would be so complex that it would become impossible to identify it.
It is not my intention to repeat myself, but in my work there should certainly be references to what I have done in the past. Say what you will, but The Trial is the best film I ever made ... I have never been so happy as when I made this film.
(talking about directing, The Trial (1962) - from Orson Welles: Interviews (book)) — Orson Welles

When I first starting writing, and no one was paying me, in order to feel like I had a real job, I would get out of bed, put on a jacket and tie every morning, and sit down at my desk. — Graham Moore

Your birth is existence breathing out. Your life is the conversation with a message. Your death is existence breathing in. — Franklin Gillette

Sooner or later you learn that there's a conspiracy of little people in this world to cut you down to their size. And then you grow up and make your choice: to live on their terms or your own. — Samuel Taylor

Procrastination is illogical from every viewpoint. It is like the man who wanted to cross the stream, so he sat on the bank to wait for all the water to run by. — Vernon Howard

The dark times are there for you to grow and to create a dependency on God. This is all part of your sanctification process. — Michael Barbarulo

It's easy to make too much of fathers, I want to say. A — Adam Haslett

The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he — Francois Rabelais

Time does not care how precious it is, how hard you are working not to squander it. Time passes. — Melissa Kantor