“An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me... And you know, people like happy endings.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingKindBookVoiceComedyAdultsIntelligentLike MeEditorsHappy EndingsQuirky Author:Elinor Lipman
“The Goonies' is classic. That's, like, the movie I bring with me if I go out of town for a long time, because it just makes me think of the best times I've seen it with my friends growing up. Dude, everybody knows that movie, everybody watches that film. Best family film ever made.” IfsThinkingKnowsLongMadeFilmWatchesGrowing UpGrowingLong TimeMy FriendsTownsClassicBest TimesBest FamilyFriends Growing Up Author:Logan Lerman
“You can know that the final show is coming up, and prepare yourself for it mentally, but when it finally occurs, it's like a dream. You stand there feeling the love the audience has for you, and you think, 'Is this really going to end?” ThinkingKnowsEndsShowsFeelingsDreamAudienceFinals Author:Phil Lynott
“I do not trust technology. I mean, I don't think we're in any danger of kids, you know, doing without video games in the future, but I am saying that their lives are largely out of balance.” ThinkingKnowsMeanKidsGamesTechnologyDangerBalanceVideo Author:Richard Louv
“It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.” ThinkingKnowsWellsMightBrainAwful Author:Marian McPartland
“My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more good taste and not dashing up and down the piano.” ThinkingKnowsWantLooksI CanHandsCan DoTerribleTastePianoUp And DownGood TasteDashing Author:Marian McPartland
“You know, I'm not real tall. I'm 6'0, 6'½, but I think people think I'm shorter than I am because I'm not the most muscular cat in the world.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldRealCatTall Author:Mark McGrath
“I don't think for a second that I'm the best at anything, but I know I'm really good at quite a lot of things because I work hard.” ThinkingKnowsHardHard Work Author:Martine McCutcheon
“I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.” PeopleThinkingKnowsChildrenKidsParticularActressesBoredScrewed Up Author:Jodie Foster
“You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.” IfsThinkingKnowsFilmKnow How Author:Matthew Macfadyen
“You know I never used to be a bad flyer, but I did start to have a fear of flying after I shot a movie where I was terrorized on a plane. I made Wes Craven's 'Red Eye'. I don't think they're linked but it does make me pause and wonder if they are, so perhaps I will explore that in therapy some day.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeMadeEyeUsedWonderShotsRedFlyingUsed To BePlanesTherapyPausesLinkedFlyersFear Of FlyingRed Eye Author:Rachel McAdams
“I think people have come to know me, and I don't deviate too much as an individual. What you see is what you get.” PeopleThinkingKnowsIndividualToo MuchKnow MeDeviate Author:Rob Mariano
“I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.” IfsThinkingKnowsMindBelieveStatesActorsLinesAbilityFineTypeIllInsanePerformingFine LinesMentally Ill Author:Samantha Morton
“I just think it's a blessing that I was able to have the gift of words and to be able to put them into music. I was given a great gift all the way around. I didn't ever have to really go out and look for songs, you know.” ThinkingKnowsWayLooksAbleSongGivenBlessingGreat Gifts Author:Teena Marie
“I think the best thing about being pregnant would definitely have to be seeing just my belly grow and seeing, like, wow, there is, you know, something inside of me.” ThinkingKnowsGrowsSeeingBest ThingsWowPregnantBellyBeing Pregnant Author:Tia Mowry
“You know, we're very private, and I think that we really separate and try to keep our privacy to ourselves. There's things that people assume a lot of times, and we understand that people are interested, but we really try to keep our family life private as much as we can.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingAssumingOur FamilyPrivacyFamily Life Author:Tim McGraw
“To me, the whole idea of fame and I think it can be a real test of somebody, of who they are. You know, 'cause some strange things happen. I've seen some peculiar things as far as a person just living their life.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsIdeasRealWholeHappensCausesStrangeFameTestsThings HappenPeculiarStrange Things Author:Tobey Maguire
“My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.” ThinkingKnowsYearsIdeasSelfHomeForceSacrificeAirDadDirectMy DadCrewSelf SacrificeAir ForceIndirect Author:Jeremy Northam
“Yes, I want kids. I don't know that I'll ever be ready. But, I'll certainly want them. I'll have them regardless of whether I am ready, I think. I just don't have a timeframe on it yet.” ThinkingKnowsWantKidsReady Author:Lucas Neff
“Hopefully, if I have done my job right, people will want to know and see more! There is certainly plenty more to tell. I would love to be part of that process of expanding on the lore that makes up Warcraft, but it will all depend on what you, the audience, think of our first film!” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantFirstsDoneJobsFilmProcessAudienceDependsPlentyHopefullyExpanding Author:Duncan Jones
“I can never really remember what I look like. I'm just sort of neutral. I don't think I'm sort of, you know, hideous.” ThinkingKnowsLooksI CanRememberHideous Author:Sam Neill
“I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree.” IfsThinkingKnowsGoes OnAgreeMatureTime Goes OnFiancee Author:Chris O'Dowd
“I think a lot of films do themselves a disfavor by putting in way too much information, and everyone knows what's gonna happen next, and no one can actually discover things as they go.” ThinkingKnowsWayHappensFilmNextToo MuchInformationToo Much Information Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.” ThinkingKnowsLongFeetFineRight Place Author:Jack Osbourne
“You know, I have the best parents in the world and I got really, really lucky because they think that everything I do is Oscar-worthy.” ThinkingKnowsWorldParentLuckyWorthyOscarsBest Parents Author:Kaitlin Olson
“The funniest people I know were, not necessarily troubled, but had a harder time in school or were shy or picked on or something like that. I think that you rely on it. Well, I don't think I'm cute and no one wants to hang out with me - I'd better start trying to make people laugh. I think there's an element of that in there.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingWellsSchoolLaughingElementsHarderCuteRelyShyHanging OutMaking People Laugh Author:Kaitlin Olson
“I've been semi-successful. I've done all right but I'm not the player I was. Who do I think will win the world championship? John Higgins. Have I been good for snooker? I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsWorldDoneWinningSuccessfulPlayerChampionshipSnooker Author:Ronnie O'Sullivan
“It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way; I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantKindDoeHomeKidsSchoolUsedNamesNiceShopsBad ThingsBe KindKnow Me Author:Terry O'Quinn
“I do not want a personal relationship with my fans. Or to do anything that encourages them to think they have one with me. They can have a personal relationship with my songs. That's fine, but they don't know me.” ThinkingKnowsWantSongFansFineKnow MePersonal Relationships Author:Will Oldham
“I know that the writers I read and admire all have an influence on my work, but trying to determine to what degree any particular piece of input changes the way I think about writing seems counterproductive.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingSeemsPiecesInfluenceParticularDegreesDetermineAdmireInputCounterproductive Author:Kevin Powers
“I think a lot of the guys I know and a lot of people I've talked to, what they want is very often what most people want, a kind of simple life, a livelihood, a family, people who care about them, people they can care about. I think vets on the whole want the same things that everybody else does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantKindDoeWholeCareGuySimpleWho CaresSimple LifeLivelihoodVets Author:Kevin Powers
“I don't like my whole life dragged out. I don't want anyone to know about me, because I don't think I'm very interesting... I like my work. I like what I gave. And that was it.” ThinkingKnowsWantWholeInterestingWhole LifeVery Interesting Author:Lilly Pulitzer
“Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that, I think the main reason I can be so prolific is the huge amount of planning I do before I start to write. I do a very complete, chapter-by-chapter outline of every book I write. When I sit down to write, I already know everything that's going to happen in the book. This means I've done all the important thinking, and I can relax and enjoy the writing. I could never write so many books if I didn't outline them first.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingFirstsWellsMeanI CanImportantBookReasonDoneHappensEnjoyWrittenHugeAmountPlanningRelaxChaptersOutlines Author:R. L. Stine
“Enlightenment, don't know what it is. It's up to you, the way you think.” ThinkingKnowsWayEducationEnlightenmentUp To You Author:Van Morrison
“You gave us power in our words, so I think before I speak, and that way when I speak, they know I'm here to teach.” ThinkingKnowsWaySpeakEducationTeachOur Words Author:DMX
“Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president.” ThinkingKnowsMayRunningPoliticalFatherNamesPresidentMiddleBarackKrypton Author:Barack Obama
“You can't. Do you hear me? You think you've figured something out? You run over here so pleased with yourself because you changed your mind. Now you're certain. You're so... sloppy. You don't know anything. The book, the math, the dates, the writing, all that stuff you decided with your buddies, it's just evidence. It doesn't finish the job. It doesn't prove anything.” ThinkingKnowsWritingMindBookRunningJobsCertainStuffChangedProveEvidenceDecidedLogicMathCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningBuddyOntologySloppyYou Changed Author:David Auburn
“If you listen to the news, read the news, you'd think we were still in a recession. Well, we're not in a recession. We've had growth; people need to know that. They need to be more upbeat, more positive.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsWellsStillsPoliticsGrowthNewsRecessionsUpbeat Author:Dan Quayle
“I know when a story is finished when there is not a single thing more I can think to do to it. And since I know at the start what the last line will be, I know when I've reached that point as logically as I can that it's finished. As for the rewriting-it's not foolproof, of course, but if you're honest about having thought of every possibility and you still come back to what you have, what more can you do?” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingStillsI CanStoriesLastsCoursesLinesHonestPossibilityFinishedRewritingFoolproof Author:Amy Hempel
“If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor, you know them so well, almost as well or better than their spouse. You have to know them, warts and all.” IfsThinkingKnowsWellsActorsFoolPreparedSpouseWarts Author:Adrian Lyne
“The whole question of God and what God is, and whether it's a blond guy with a beard, I don't know... I don't know that. Do I believe that there's something greater at work than the sum of humanity? Yeah, I think so.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveWholeGuyHumanityI BelieveGreaterYeahBeard Author:Anthony LaPaglia
“I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.” ThinkingKnowsWritingCrimeTvsDemandIntellectEnormousSoupSpit Author:Donna Leon
“I know that everybody is so obsessed with this idea of fame, and they think that I'm obsessed. In all honesty, I'm just doing me.” ThinkingKnowsIdeasHonestyFameObsessedDoing MeJust Doing Me Author:Aubrey O'Day
“I grew up in Middle America and I don't think my family was very funny, but I watched 'The Princess Bride.' I always wanted to be an actor. I didn't know anything about it. I'd never seen any plays or anything and I watched that movie over and over and over again.” ThinkingKnowsPlayWantedAmericaActorsMiddleGrewGrew UpMy FamilyPrincessBridesPrincess BrideMiddle America Author:Missi Pyle
“I think the traditional explanation is that demons just find someone, they pick on them and try to break down their spirit so they can... take control of their bodies. Why exactly? I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsTryingBodySpiritBreakPicksTraditionalExplanationDemonBreaking DownTake Control Author:Oren Peli
“I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.” ThinkingKnowsWritingFirstsPersonsStoriesNovelWrittenThirdsShort StoryFirst PersonThird PersonThinking First Author:Tamora Pierce
“I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about.” ThinkingKnowsNo PointExchangingGreat Future Author:Thomas Peterffy
“I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.” ThinkingKnowsYearsLooksDifferentLife IsGirlBitsSecret Author:Francine Pascal
“Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the only male in the family who went into that business.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsAmericaMistakeMalesChef Author:Jacques Pepin
“My top three personal best-dressed list: Lea Michele. I think she really knows how to dress. Blake Lively is great. And Rihanna. I really respect how bold and out-there she is.” ThinkingKnowsThreeKnow HowDressesListsLivelyBlakeBest DressedPersonal Best Author:Janel Parrish