Judith Merkle Riley famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Rule of storytelling: When a character is shoved against a wall, shove them against a wall harder.

  • Wild Eyes was built for speed and I was flying down walls of water twenty and thirty feet high.

  • I went through about six or seven painting methods just to see what I didn't want to do. And then I got off the wall, and went into the environment.

  • But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts

  • The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.

  • Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.

  • Then it suddenly and theatrically began to clean itself in the way cats do when they want you to know what a big deal you aren't.

  • As far as pets go, a cat is a nice on to have.

  • You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt.

  • Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'