Rodion Shchedrin Quotes & Sayings

He looked like a once-green leaf that had begun to dry and to reveal the structure of its veins. — Graham Joyce

Roxanne came along in '86, when I was doing a lot of stand-up. I auditioned for the movie, and of course I was a huge Steve Martin fan, so I really hoped I would get this part. I don't think there was any part in particular that I auditioned for. I just went in and talked with them. There were so many parts in there, and so many comedians ended up getting in that movie, playing different firemen and townspeople. — Kevin Nealon

How do you come back? It's one step at a time. I'm optimistic because I don't know what else to be. — Paula Poundstone

At home it's all Batman and Star Wars and they do gang up on me. Sometimes I don't want to dress up as Darth Vader or play train sets, so I'll go out for a drink with the girls. — Sadie Frost

I wanted to be curious and smart and unappeasable until I got a sentence to mean exactly what I ordered it to mean. — Pat Conroy