Villumsen Quotes & Sayings

Pairs are made in Heaven
Promises are take on Earth... — Shonali Dey

To all the talented young men who wander about feeling that there is nothing in the world for them to do, I should say: 'Give up trying to write, and, instead, try not to write. Go out into the world; become a pirate, a king in Borneo, a labourer in Soviet Russia; give yourself an existence in which the satisfaction of elementary physical needs will occupy almost all your energies.' I do not recommend this course of action to everyone, but only to those who suffer from the disease which Mr Krutch diagnoses. I believe that, after some years of such an existence, the ex-intellectual will fin that in spite of is efforts he can no longer refrain from writing, and when this time comes his writing will not seem to him futile. — Bertrand Russell

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity. — Andre Maurois

I think it's very difficult to make people care about natives in another country. — Michael Hastings

When angry, a man has deserted his body. — Publilius Syrus

When you are in love you are not wise; or, when you are wise you are not in love. — Publilius Syrus

In the stars is written the death of every man. — Geoffrey Chaucer

An economy funded by subsidy is no economy in an ideal sense. — Tony Osborg

Love sees sharply, hatred sees even more sharp, but Jealousy sees the sharpest for it is love and hate at the same time. — Sarah Brightman

I've read a couple of things that I was sort of close to having a nervous breakdown. But I don't think I was. I was very, very tired. It was a really difficult time. — Kate Bush

I can conduct better than I count. — Eugene Ormandy

Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now - always. — Albert Schweitzer

Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of time. I don't think acting stands the test of time, but it can capture the mood of the moment, which is in itself very exciting, but it rarely lasts. — Tom Hollander

I had to let someone know who I was: not merely Simon's assistant, his chronicler, his poor scribbling friend, but the great love of a great life. That I may have lived in his shadow, but I was always by his side. That I was as needful to him as air. — K.J. Charles

I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful. — Gail Z. Martin