“I think I am too interested in my own ideas to copy anyone else's, but I find that other people's imagery, the flow of language in the outside world, games with words, and ideas about relationships are all most important to me.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantIdeasGamesLanguageMy OwnFlowCopiesImageryOutside World Author:Margaret Mahy
“It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work.” PeopleIfsNeedsYearsImportantWholeMy OwnProjectsSpending Author:Mary McDonnell
“I've always been a big supporter of the Surfrider Foundation. I started my own foundation, Rob Machado Foundation, which focuses on environmental education for the little people of the world.” PeopleWorldLittlesBigsMy OwnFoundationEnvironmentalSupporter Author:Rob Machado
“I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.” PeopleWaySpiritualEnergyTermMy OwnFocusCrisisObsessionSpiritual Crisis Author:Jodie Foster
“When I was travelling in Rajasthan people were waving hands, and it felt like I was visiting my own constituency.” PeopleHandsFeltMy OwnVisiting Author:Kamla Persad-Bissessar
“I did have wonderful things to draw from, from my own experience and also just from friends and people I'd gone to school with who were very much immersed in this world right now.” PeopleWorldSchoolMy OwnGoneWonderfulThis WorldRight NowDrawsWonderful Things Author:Lily Rabe
“People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.” PeopleThinkingDoneShowsAmericaGirlMy OwnPartyStupidTvsCreatingTv ShowsParty Girl Author:Tara Reid
“My own perception of cops was that they came into your neighborhood, they roughed up people that you loved for no reason and took them away. As a child you saw that.” PeopleChildrenReasonMy OwnSawsPerceptionNeighborhoodNo ReasonCop Author:Sonja Sohn
“When I started my own business, my main reason for designing clothes was that I wanted to dress rock stars and the people who went to rock concerts. It didn't go beyond that aspiration at that point.” PeopleReasonWantedStarsMy OwnRocksDesignClothesDressesAspirationConcertsRock StarOwn BusinessRock Concerts Author:Anna Sui
“I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour.” PeopleWorldWritingMindMadeMy OwnOne ThingFrontsFoolGoes OnPicksYeahDearLove Life Author:Ashlee Simpson
“I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.” PeopleBelieveHardWantedUsedArtistSongMy OwnRecordsSawsIndustryMountainBuiltReputationLabelsBelieve In MeSongwritersClownRecord Labels Author:Emeli Sande
“I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the way I'm best equipped to do that.” PeopleWayWantWritingFeelingsSeemsNaturalMy OwnShareTendenciesObservation Author:Jerry Spinelli
“So when it was my turn to start developing projects, I knew the writers I wanted to work with, and I had met every head of studio, every executive and a lot of producers. I started finding things, little crumbs off other people's tables that I would make my own.” PeopleLittlesWantedTurnsMy OwnMetsFindingsProjectsTablesStudiosProducersDevelopingExecutivesCrumbsBread Crumbs Author:Rupert Sanders
“I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.” PeopleMy OwnGoing Away Author:Bruno Tonioli