“For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.” Quote by Alfred Nobel
“A father's interest in having a child--perhaps his only child--may be unmatched by any other interest in his life. It is truly surprising that the state must assign a greater value to a mother's decision to cut off a potential human life by abortion than to a father's decision to let it mature into a live child.” HumansMayChildrenStatesMotherValuesFatherInterestDecisionGreaterCuttingHuman LifeAbortionMatureSurprisingOnly Child Author:William Rehnquist
“Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss.” FiveFourDespairSurfaceSensesClockRoutineDisplayNegativityAbyssConsumedFrenzy Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“Among all the modernized aspects of the most luxurious of industries, the model, a vestige of voluptuous barbarianism, is like some plunder-laden prey. She is the object of unbridled regard, a living bait, the passive realization of an ideal. No other female occupation contains such potent impulses to moral disintegration as this one, applying as it does the outward signs of riches to a poor and beautiful girl.” DoeBeautifulGirlPoorMoralFashionObjectsIndustryModelsFemaleAspectIdealsRegardRichesRealizationImpulseOccupationPassivePreyBaitPlunderBeautiful GirlLuxuriousDisintegrationVoluptuous Author:Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
“At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated. My father who was there, said nothing, but that night, on my pillow I found a marked passage from Aristotle: Anybody can become angry--that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.” WayPersonsSaidPurposeNightFoundFatherLostEasyDegreesAngryMeetingsSarcasticPassagesTemperDefeatedHarshRight WayRight TimeProposalPillowRight Person Author:Arthur Gordon Webster
“Because if you're trying to write and you have unlimited time, you can procrastinate an unlimited account, but if you have limited time, you rush to the page trying to get something down in the little bit of fragment of time that you have, and you may write a great deal that way.” IfsWayWritingTryingMayLittlesBitsDealsLittle BitPagesAccountsUnlimitedFragmentsProcrastinatingLimited Time Author:Julia Cameron
“I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.” KnowsWritingI CanCharacterHandsMorningNovelOne DayPagesI RealizedStrollingScreenwriters Author:Julia Cameron
“When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.” WritingSaidBookEnoughHomeHandsMaterialsMemoirSatDistinguishedFlooding Author:Julia Cameron
“When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.” BelieveRealMatterCharacterComedySatireBeing RealOutrageous Author:Kevin Kline
“You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.” KnowsActorsFansTalentAttractive Author:Kevin Kline