Wickler Diekirch Quotes & Sayings

Mr. and Mrs. Boffin sat staring at mid-air, and Mrs. Wilfer sat silently giving them to understand that every breath she drew required to be drawn with a self-denial rarely paralleled in history. — Charles Dickens

Honorary degrees and lifetime achievement awards are very encouraging. I know that it might sound strange that a writer who has published many books still needs encouragement, but this is true. — Joyce Carol Oates

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them. — Dorothy Allison

Real strength isn't control. It's knowing when to let go. — Christopher Barzak

In this dirty minded world, you are either someone's wife or someone's whore. And if you're not either people think there is something wrong with you ... but there is nothing wrong with me — John Irving

I just sought a way to be someone I wasn't. To be loved. — Mark David Chapman

Working on a movie like 'Prince of Persia' was awesome. It was great fun to be an action hero and to jump around, running off walls and fighting and having great quippy lines. — Jake Gyllenhaal

To shoot a film is to organize an entire universe. — Ingmar Bergman

I'm not rewarding unrequested, lazy singers with their aggressive pudding demands. — Jenny Lawson

The complete recipe for imagination is absolute boredom. — Criss Jami

One night alone in prayer might make us new men, changed from poverty of soul to spiritual wealth, from trembling to triumphing. — Charles Spurgeon

And, as I lie in bed that night looking out into the starless sky, I think about that shadow on my guardian's face. The sadness has been there since the day I met Sidney Grice and I cannot imagine it will ever go away. — M.R.C. Kasasian

I am a contradictory mess but I see it as my prerogative to change my mood like the weather. — Shirley Manson

Like it! Yes - the way I'd like a hot stove if I was to set on it long enough. No, Tom, I won't be rich, and I won't live in them cussed smothery houses. I like the woods, and the river, and hogsheads, and I'll stick to 'em, too. — Mark Twain

My show is a sensory assault ... in a very brief manner - the show is only 25 minutes long. — Kesha