Rabinovich Quotes & Sayings

A novel is utterly your own creation, a very private process. I think of a novel as a noun and a screenplay as a verb. In a novel, very little needs to happen; you can explore a person's memories and thoughts and fantasies. In a screenplay, it's all action; you must push the story on. — Deborah Moggach

It's a joy to be up close to Derek Jacobi's work. Alas, we haven't worked very much, over the years, since we were at university together, but I don't think I've missed many of his great shows and performances. — Ian McKellen

In the conflict between Israelis and Arabs you have wounded civilizations - the Arabs have been wounded in their dealings with the West, and an insecure Jewish people have gone through terrible disasters and traumas. There is no end to the Jewish quest for security, and there is no end for the Arab quest for redress and dignity. It is very difficult to reconcile the two. — Itamar Rabinovich

I encountered a large temporary sign declaring Rough Road Ahead, and indeed it was. Had I not been warned, that experience would have been disastrous. Life is like that. It's full of rough spots. Some are tests to make us stronger. Others result from our own disobedience ... Each one of us encounters unique challenges meant for growth. — Richard G. Scott

I grew up with Apocalypse Now and Badlands, so I had a real awe thing going. — Gary Cole

A mind is a terrible thing. All this evolution nonsense is making me feel like a complete APE! — Berkeley Breathed

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory. — Douglass North

We talked across each other, our conversation at right angles, only meeting in the intersections of silence at story's end. — Harlan Ellison

In our world, as artists, the only time I'm allowed to express myself is through song. — Ciara

A brilliant solution to the wrong problem can be worse than no solution at all: solve the correct problem. — Donald A. Norman

There are only three major vote getting days in Absoroka County, and I can't remember the other two. "Oh God, no. It's Pancake Day." I thought about shooting myself. I could see the headlines: Sheriff shoots self, unable to face pancakes. — Craig Johnson

I'm not against the police; I'm just afraid of them. — Alfred Hitchcock

Do not antagonize your son! He is of an age to choose for himself. Because his choice is not your choice, do not assume that you must be right. If it is a misfortune - then accept misfortune. Be at hand to aid him when he needs aid. But do not turn him against you. — Agatha Christie

Comedians are sociologists. We're pointing out stuff that the general public doesn't even stop to think about, looking at life in slow-motion and questioning everything we see. — Steven Wright

Blood and bone spread across the hallway floor in a glorious, arching victory rainbow. — James J. Caterino