James Alexander Thom famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire of life is in there, too, as long as that character lives.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Character #Writing #Fire
Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way."
-- James Alexander Thom

#Ignorance #Fighting #Self
If there is a rumor in the air about you, you'd better treat it as you would a wasp: either ignore it or kill it with the first blow. Anything else will just stir it up.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Blow #Air #Rumor
To read Lucia St. Clair Robson is to learn while being thoroughly entertained. Last Train from Cuernavaca puts us through the tragic violence and political treachery of the Mexican Revolution and its consequences so intimately that we feel hunger, lust, thirst, grief, and saddle sores, and admire anew the awesome durability and courage of the people of Mexico-- especially the women.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Grief #People #Mexican
We pick bygone time up by the handfuls and, like clay, see if it feels right and then form it into stories about the past.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Past #Clay #Stories
For every time we regret keeping still, there are about ten times we regret speaking up.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Regret #Speaking Up #Stills
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Feet #Silence #Mouths
Too often we seek justice for just us.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Justice
Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you donâ€™t think of until too late.
-- James Alexander Thom

#Clever #Thinking #Too Late

You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.
The Srimad-Bhagavatam states that any bona fide preacher of God consciousness must have the qualities of titiksa (tolerance) and karuna (compassion). In the character of Lord Jesus Christ we find both these qualities.
The fighter (like the writer) must stand alone. If he loses he cannot call an executive conference and throw off on a vice president or the assistant sales manager. He is consequently resented by fractional characters who cannot live outside an organization.
I have done scenes as Harvey Two-Face. It's interesting. I won't tell you exactly what we're going for, but I think that I can say that it will use all of today's technology to create this character. He's going to be interesting, and I think that's what makes this character important in the movie-you get to see him as he was before, as in the comic books. Harvey is a very good guy in the comic books. He's judicious. He cares. He's passionate about what he loves and then he turns into this character. So you will see that in this film.
Be more interested in people's character, than their contributions.
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.
No matter how hot the fire burns, a Protea always survives
From moment then to moment their desire Gained strength, and wisdom fled before love's fire; Passion engulfed them, and these lovers lay Entwined together till the break of day.
God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

James Alexander Thom famous quotes

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