Urmila Quotes & Sayings

For the achiever the battle with critics is a slow war of attrition. Let time do the dirty work for you. — Bryant McGill

This is how we thank assholes for messing with Poughkeepsie. — Debra Anastasia

The Magical Negro rested his red cane on his shoulder and leisurely strolled into the forest to see if he could find him some hobbits, castles, dragons, princesses, and all that other shit. — Nnedi Okorafor

To write a novel is fundamentally an act of impudence. To comb one's hair is also an act of impudence, especially when it's done to try to cover a scar running across the top of one's forehead. But combing one's hair is an act of minor impudence, whereas writing is a more serious affair. We mask reality, we hide our fears, we reinvent things that have been said, and above all, the people who said them. Writing a novel implies a certain perversity. It's not something one can do with a tortoiseshell comb. It is perhaps for that reason that they take away my pen at night. Not, as they pretend, to prevent me from accidentally stabbing myself in the throat with it- but to prevent me from killing anyone else. — Paco Ignacio Taibo II

I see money as a reflection of how much impact you're having on the world. I see money as a metaphor in a way. — Paul Reed Smith

Marriage did not hold much interest for Urmila but it was a social discipline she would have to conform to. She would rather seek knowledge instead of a suitor. — Kavita Kane

I love writing plays because they are living, fluid things that are energised by the producer, designers, musicians, actors and audience. — Berlie Doherty

Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism. — Howard Dietz

You may choose to live in a world of fantasy if you like, my dear, but I am a realist. — Ransom Riggs

You could always call her secretive, masking her feelings beautifully lest anyone intrude into her inmost realm of hidden thoughts. It was a defense Urmila had evolved since childhood. — Kavita Kane

Sallust is indisputably one of the best historians among the Romans, both for the purity of his language and the elegance of his style. — Edmund Burke

Othalas: Chosen don't choose themselves! — Robert Fanney

We don't need to be perfect. We just need to be perfect for each other. — Shannon Guymon

As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian. — Shelley Berman

Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power. — Rollo May

We live during a time in which some shoppers shiver all Thanksgiving night only to trample one another to death in a sunrise race through the electronics store to buy gaming consoles that allow them to create avatars of themselves. — Joe Dilley