Nathan Ford Quotes & Sayings

Poetry restores language by breaking it, and I think that much contemporary writing restores fantasy, as a genre of writing in contrast to a genre of commodity or a section in a bookstore, by breaking it. Michael Moorcock revived fantasy by prying it loose from morality; writers like Jeff VanderMeer, Stepan Chapman, Lucius Shepard, Jeffrey Ford, Nathan Ballingrud are doing the same by prying fantasy away from pedestrian writing, with more vibrant and daring styles, more reflective thinking, and a more widely broadcast spectrum of themes. — Michael Cisco

When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner. — Yo-Yo Ma

I had a Ford F-250. It was a big ol' farm truck, but it wasn't a rig. That's about the biggest I've ever driven. That's what I drove back and forth to high school. I was a poor guy, and it was a truck that my uncle owned and let me drive because I had no money. — Nathan Fillion

Just remember, this is a collaborative effort. We don't have time for creative differences or outbreaks of artistic integrity. — Greg Cox

There is no escaping life. It takes what is it's due. — Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Parker and Hardison look like they're having a good time."
"I see," Nate said. "Should we be worried? — Greg Cox

With great leverage comes great justice. — Matt Forbeck

I really enjoy playing a sex symbol, but it's not something I feel in real life. I'm much more of a natural girl at home. — Becki Newton

Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides:
Who cover faults, at last shame them derides. — William Shakespeare

Whatever you think, that you will be. — Swami Vivekananda

Jesus would pray to himself and cry. I often do the same. — Carl-John X. Veraja

I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake. — Leonardo DiCaprio

You people did a good thing."
"That's what we do," Nate said quietly. — Keith R.A. DeCandido

We're the unknown Americans, the ones no one even wants to know, because they've been told they're supposed to be scared of us and because maybe if they did take the time to get to know us, they might realize that we're not that bad, maybe even that we're a lot like them. And who would they hate then? — Cristina Henriquez

You think we're going to turn you over to the law?" he said. "Oh, no, we're much more dangerous than that. — Matt Forbeck

Maybe you've got the patience to work out some complicated, long-term, ironic way to get back at the people who've wronged you, but that's you. — Greg Cox