Every accepted public quote

“'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' by Susanna Clarke is a big, thick book. About a thousand pages in paperback. I've heard several people say the size alone intimidated them.”

“I don't want to use the word 'instinct,' but when something good happens - something big or good in my life - I have this sensation that it was inevitable. Anything careerwise, 'Lord of the...”

“I do not know how I shall develop, but for the present, I am continuing to work within ordinary, generally known terrain, different only because of a deep substratum, which leads those who a...”

“I respect the fact that a director has studied the text and the road map of work before us, the subtleties, interconnections, underpinnings... His job is to paint the entire picture and know...”

“In 'The Sound of Music,' I was a von Trapp daughter in a white dress with a blue satin sash, and my line was, 'I'm Brigitta. I'm 12, and all I want is a good time.' I got a laugh. And I was...”

“For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitu...”

“Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way,...”

“And I think that when I play these villains, maybe what is different is that the audience sees me play these and they know that that's Chris and he's having fun and he knows that and he know...”

“I was born in West Baltimore, lived in a situation in which violence was everywhere.”

“I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses.”

“Pray for whatsoever you will. In the name of Jesus you have permission, not only to stand in the presence of God, but also to pray for everything you need.”

“I prank my manager. I tell him I've lost my passport, or I've lost my case, or I hide his case. He is so gullible, he is the most gullible person ever.”

“All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.”

“I remember I asked my mom for a ukulele, and she said no because she thought I would never play it. So then I got my birthday money up, and I bought my own. It was the most rebellious thing...”

“I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of about being a woman who loves fashion. Fashion is a vehicle for self-expression, it tells the world who you are and how you want to be seen. I...”

“In 'Shadow Tag,' Erdrich creates scenes from a fictional marriage, that of two American Indians, Irene and her painter husband Gil, that suggest some of the worst psychological torments and...”

“I questioned everything. I didn't see a character developed in Platoon at all. The character in Blue Velvet was much more fascinating to me.”

“I started spending time at stables with my daughter while she was riding. I was reminded of my love for the form and different aspects of the horse. Then I thought about the bit, halter, and...”

“Most scams are absurd - so absurd that one wonders how anyone falls for them at all; yet if no one falls for them, how do the scammers make money?”

“In Germany, they all thought I was a bit mental, very emotional.”

“Those who invented new things have embraced the failure first and never followed the same path.”

“I never expected I would be connected to the Alpha male as some kind of ancillary object, and to this day it mystifies me.”

“After college, I really looked at every single shot that I shot. Pretty much every shot in my sophomore year and my junior year and just watched my form. I watched how I shot it from 3, and...”

“Sometimes when I'm going to sleep, I think, 'Oh God, my future husband is out there somewhere and I might know him, or I might not, and I wonder what he's doing and I wonder if he knows me.'...”

“I don't curl my hair. In fact, I don't know how to.”

“People who make no noise are dangerous.”

“I want to become a Hollywood film star. I genuinely would love to be in some movies.”

“The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar.”

“Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for m...”

“I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll never need. I do it to do it. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals,...”

“Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think.”

“Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.”

“In 1965, I was teaching a seminar on freedom when I told my students that the ultimate freedom lay in casting a dice to decide what to do. They were so shocked and fascinated that I knew I h...”

“I'm not the least bit polished, I come from a blue collar background and I never thought I could feel comfortable around the English.”

“Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.”

“Earlier in my career, I needed to be the writer, casting director, set designer, leading man, and producer. I've been eliminating a lot of those jobs. I'm an executive producer right now. I...”

“In a world of global trade and integrated capital markets, it is natural for economic and financial shocks and policy actions to be transmitted across borders.”

“I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.”

“All objects in the universe are unique. No two things that happen by chance ever happen in exactly the same way. No two things are ever constructed or manufactured in exactly the same way. N...”

“I often obsess so much about things that I can't get done, that I ruin other things.”

“I have always loved a hard-faced girl. I get that Alison Goldfrapp isn't easy, and I like her belligerence. She's deeply sexy and controlled, like a Strict Machine, and it seems to wind the...”

“Age about 30, I stopped looking up my books in bookstores. Paying attention to the marketplace isn't a healthy thing for me.”

“What makes me who I am? Be around people who are what I want to be.”

“I rode my bike home and did the one thing that always helped when things weren't going well. I read. Books were my refuge. Getting lost in a solid adventure story was the best way I knew of...”

“Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little...”

“Space doesn't offer an escape from Earth's problems. And even with nuclear fuel, the transit time to nearby stars exceeds a human lifetime. Interstellar travel is therefore, in my view, an e...”

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”

“My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.”