Sputzie Quotes & Sayings

The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay is a completely different way of storytelling, and it has limitations. — Barry Eisler

One must live as if it would be forever, and as if one might die each moment. Always both at once. — Mary Renault

I'm walking every day and just staying kind of fit, and try not to have too many bad habits. Keep it minimal. — Al Jarreau

When your child has matured sufficiently to understand how the judicial system works, set a bedtime for him and then send him to bed an hour early. When he tearfully accuses you of breaking the rules, explain that you made the rules and you can interpret them in any way that seems appropriate to you, according to changing conditions. This will prepare him for the Supreme Court's concept of the US Constitution as a 'living document'. — Joseph Sobran

War does that, nothing for it. Reality lays siege. Your framed portrait of life is smashed, and a new one thrust upon you. It's ugly, and you don't even want to look at it let alone hang it on the wall, but you have no choice, once you know. Once you really know. — Laini Taylor

A lot of times people will have after-parties or try and host an event for comedians, and they misunderstand us. They think it should be wild and crazy, or loud music, and comedians are typically pretty mellow people that just want to talk to each other. I think it would be highly unusual to find comedians who want to be at a loud, crowded party. — Tig Notaro

You've gotten under my skin," he said. I wasn't expecting that. "I don't think I'll ever be able to shed you. — Karina Halle

We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts. — Jay Maisel

Art, if it is art, will develop in whatever circumstances it is placed. — Myrtle Reed

I'm a bit of a perfectionist, it turns out. Who knew? — Blake Nelson

Human resources are like natural resources; they're often buried deep. You have to go looking for them, they're not just lying around on the surface. You have to create the circumstances where they show themselves. — Ken Robinson

It is the truth, but not the whole truth; and half a truth is as bad as a lie. — Israel Shamir