Top Mr Feeny Quotes & Sayings

Studios, because they are investing a great deal of money in movies, they want a guarantee that when they hire somebody that person can deliver for them. Everything is fear based, so they pigeonhole people. But I've written everything, from Westerns to sci-fi to dramedy, I've done it all. — Melissa Rosenberg

Loving and perishing: it's been a rhyme all these eternities. The will to love: that is, also being willing to die. — Friedrich Nietzsche

You'll never learn anything or impress anyone by making excuses and diverting blame. — Frank Sonnenberg

Children seem to need, then, a delicate balance between the realistic and the fantastic in their art; enough of the realistic to know that the story matters, enough of the fantastic to make what matters wonderful — Eric S. Rabkin

The very thing that attracts you to someone can end up putting you off. — Anne Tyler

Gratitude is the key to opening all doors. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I quote Frank O'Connor to my students: that when you are writing a story, at some point the story must take over. You are not going to be able to control it. I think this is true. O'Connor said he thought Joyce controls his stories too tightly - "Whoever heard of a Joyce story taking over?" he asked - and that there is a deadness about them. You have got to keep the story opened up, let the story take over at some point. — Peter Taylor

The only circumstances in which I would write a roman a clef would be if I'd lost my fucking car keys. — Will Self

I am learning to forgive my inner geek, and even value him as a free man. — Kenny Loggins

Every popular zillion dollar sport has its share of personal scandals around the sport and its leadership. — Rachel Maddow

A poet stated it more succinctly when he wrote, "I hear and forget. I see and hear and I remember. However, when I see, hear and do, I understand and succeed." Interestingly enough, you will discover that when you read this book a second time, you will get more thoughts and more ideas than you did the first time. This is especially true if you read a few minutes every day before you start your day's activities and just before you go to sleep. — Zig Ziglar

With support from institutions like the United Nations as well as the donor community, governments can strengthen their national technological and scientific capacities by devising policies to link up to research networks, encourage technology transfer, and build indigenous capabilities through education and collaborative projects. — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh