“Being in writers' rooms turns you feral. You are swearing, you are going to very dark, mean places. You start out in the room with all these smart people, and you're all well-read and well-educated and the humor is really erudite. And then over the course of the year, after the production schedule grinds you down, it is just so mean and stupid.” PeopleYearsWellsMeanTurnsCoursesDarkRoomsStupidSmartProductionsEducatedSchedulesGrindSmart PeopleSwearingWell EducatedErudite Author:Maria Semple
“People say that all you get out of sugar is calories, no nutrients...There is no perfect food, not even mother's milk.” PeopleAgeMotherDarkPerfectMedicalMilkSugarDark AgesCaloriesNutrientsPerfect Food Author:Frederick J. Stare
“I always tell people that my creativity lies in the belly of the beast and that's exactly what it is. A lot of people think that 'dark' is a bad concept, but I think it's a beautiful thing because that's mostly where your best work comes from. You can say it's dark, but you splash so much colour on it from what's inside you. Everybody always puts negative connotations on the idea of darkness.” PeopleThinkingIdeasBeautifulLyingDarkCreativityDarknessConceptsNegativeBeastColourBeautiful ThingsBellyBest WorkConnotation Author:Jlin
“Some people can have a dark side, completely the opposite of the image they portray.” PeopleSidesDarkOppositesDark Side Author:Azran Osman Rani
“We created this journey [in the Begin], sonically, that people can really wrap their heads around and live with and get to know us a little bit more. The dark colors, the light colors, our up-tempos, and our down-dreamy stuff.” PeopleKnowsLittlesLightStuffBitsDarkJourneyColorLittle BitWrapsTempoDreamyDark Colors Author:Jillian Hervey
“I kept thinking maybe in the future editions [of Dark Money] I should sell it along with, like, some kind of, you know, Pepto Bismol or something. I wanted it to read a little bit like a thriller, so that it truly grabbed people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldKindLittlesWantedBitsDarkLittle BitSellsThrillers Author:Jane Mayer
“In a post 9/11 world, in which the uncritical essentializing of people from the "Third-World" has been legitimized; Iraq and Afghanistan have been dehumanized in an attempt to disseminate enlightenment in those "dark" regions; the discourse of "honor killings" is prevalent in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan and has carved a niche in Western academic discourse as another instance of the incorrigible bestiality of the Orient.” PeopleWorldHas BeensDarkHonorEnlightenmentThirdsWestWesternKillingIraqInstancePostsRegionsAfghanistanAcademicDiscoursePakistanFrontiersNicheProvincesThird WorldIncorrigibleHonor Killing Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“I've been through some very dark times in my life and I've been through those very dark times that's affected my world view, the lens that I see people through, so I can relate to that.” PeopleWorldI CanDarkViewsRelateAffectedLensesWorld ViewDark Times Author:Rainn Wilson
“I feel like, as a people, we're sort of stumbling in the dark right now.” PeopleFeelsDarkRight NowStumbling Author:Patterson Hood
“In the Forest of Forgetting do you remember any romances? All the relationships in those stories are dark and twisted - people fall in love, but they really shouldn't have. There's even a story about a marriage, but it focuses on a woman who marries a bear!” PeopleStoriesRememberRomanceFallDarkForgetBearsFalling In LoveForestsTwistedDark And Twisted Author:Theodora Goss
“Skywhale is ambiguous. I think she is beautiful, but a lot of people think she is grotesque. You are drawn in and repelled at the same time, and it has to have that dynamic. My work has a certain element of abject mutation, uncertainty and darkness. Even she is dark - I mean she has ten breasts.” PeopleThinkingMeanBeautifulCertainDarkDarknessTenElementsUncertaintyBreastsAmbiguousGrotesqueMutationShe Is Beautiful Author:Patricia Piccinini
“Right now people think God is dark energy and dark matter, the spirit. Go ahead and think that, but the day we can tell you exactly what it is - that it's gremlins in the vacuum of space or whatever - then what's your recourse at that point?” PeopleThinkingMatterSpiritEnergyDarkSpaceRight NowVacuumsRecourseDark MatterDark EnergyGremlins Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When we read history we find that in all ages people have thought, this is the dark age.” PeopleAgeDarkDark Ages Author:Tenzin Palmo
“I think to dwell continually on the dark side creates gloom and despair and anger and hatred, and that just adds to the darkness. So rather than that, we need to think of the beauty in the world, and also send out love and compassion to all beings in this world. Not just the people we like, but people who we find difficult. Because they are very deeply in need of compassion.” PeopleThinkingWorldNeedsDifficultSidesDarkCompassionDarknessThis WorldDespairHatredAddGloomDark SideVery DeepLove And Compassion Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Plenty of people have bad divorces, but few of them end up with cancer, imprisonment, and public scorn. In the dark, rolling, treacherous wake of that sunken ship, the last thing I sought was a "relationship" or, heaven forbid, marriage.” PeopleEndsLastsHeavenDarkCancerDivorceShipsPlentyRollingScornImprisonmentTreacherous Author:Jim Goad
“People don't like to say Horror so they say Dark Fantasy because that's Horror wearing a collar and tie.” PeopleDarkFantasyHorrorTiesDark FantasyCollars Author:Terry Pratchett
“Todd Glass has amazing energy on stage. Dave Attell is one of my favorites because he's a one liner comic who is always incredibly in the moment with the audience. As for newer people, I think Adrienne Iapalucci writes some great, dark jokes and Sean Patton has a hilarious voice on stage.” PeopleThinkingWritingMomentsEnergyVoiceDarkAudienceStageJokesGlassesComicOne LinerDaveSeanOne Line Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“I think that that's part of how people have responded to The Tiger Rising. It's what I call my dark child. It's gotten sandwiched in between two overachieving, tap-dance-performing kids - Winn-Dixie and Despereaux.” PeopleThinkingChildrenTwoKidsDarkPerformingRisingTigersTap DanceDixieDespereauxOverachieving Author:Kate DiCamillo
“[In The Dark Backward ] someone who has writer's block and kills people in A Cabin By The Lake. I guess he's a type of serial killer, but I don't know.” PeopleKnowsDarkTypeBlockLakesKillersSerialsSerial KillerWriter's BlockCabins Author:Judd Nelson
“It's dark and it's divisive - deporting 11 million people, talking about law and order, calling every group of people in America names, talking about cutting taxes on the wealthy, feeling like Donald Trump can bring more nuclear weapons into the world - I mean, everything he's talked about is a form of change.” PeopleWorldMeanFeelingsAmericaFormLawOrderNamesDarkTalkingMillionsCuttingGroupsTrumpCallingTaxesWeaponsNuclearWealthyNuclear WeaponsLaw And OrderPeople Talking Author:Hillary Clinton
“These are dark times for a lot of people who believe differently than our incoming administration [of Donald Trump], but there's also joy there, and there's also something in unifying around the things that we do believe in.” PeopleBelieveJoyDarkTrumpAdministrationUnifyingDark Times Author:Ava DuVernay