Sophies Last Stand Quotes & Sayings

Now, I know I am not a craftsmen... but greatness is in the act of creation and not necessarily in the finished product. Creating is the yin to the yang of our consumption and the doorway to beauty that we all want to walk through. Creating is how I tell the world I love it." ~ Atticus — Kevin Hearne

A short story I have written long ago would barge into my house in the middle of the night, shake me awake and shout, 'Hey,this is no time for sleeping! You can't forget me, there's still more to write!' Impelled by that voice, I would find myself writing a novel. In this sense, too, my short stories and novels connect inside me in a very natural, organic way. — Haruki Murakami

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - imperfection - and usually prefers silence to saying the something which is not everything that should be said. — Edgar Allan Poe

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education. — Donna Shalala

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do. — Patrice Leconte

Rhythm is born in all of us. To be a desirable dancing partner, you don't have to do all the intricate fancy steps that happen to be in vogue. All you have to do is be a good average dancer, and anybody who spends the time and effort can accomplish this. — Ginger Rogers

I know from teaching that actors want to act. Even the subtlest actors can do a little too much. — Giancarlo Esposito

Simple logic dictates that if you cannot even conceive the possibility of leaving a negotiation, then it is preferable never to enter one. — Yanis Varoufakis

But for now, I just sat there on the bed and listened to my song. The one that had been written for me by a man who knew me not at all, now sung by the one who knew me best. — Sarah Dessen

Instead of watching cartoons when I was little, I had Russian ballet videos from, like, the 1950s and 1940s. — Sarah Hay

Whether it's steamships disrupted by the railroads or railroads disrupted by the airlines, it's typically the large entrenched incumbents that are displaced by innovators. — Peter Diamandis

I wouldn't call myself an actor or a singer for that matter, just a journeyman. [ ... ] I feel I must have a talent somewhere for doing something but I'm still not terribly sure what it is. I suppose it's a talent for being myself. — Ronnie Drew

A women needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle — Nancy Bartholomew

The fastest way to a man's heart is by tearing a hole through his rib cage_T-Shirt — Darynda Jones