"Joking apart, now let us be serious."

-- Horace

#Serious Quotes

“Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If you're not there your art's not there. That's why we actors are often such self-centered objects.”
“Physically, I was always moving. I was always a little jittery.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Treat God like a dangerous loony - keep him calm and stay on his good side.”
“Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist's couch.”
“The food that's never let me down in life is porridge, especially with milk and maple syrup, which is delicious. Paris isn't a porridge place, but I can buy it in London when I'm there and bring it back with me.”
“One of my many theories about short stories is that their titles and first lines ought to be memorable, because if not memorable they will not be remembered, and if not remembered the stories will not be reprinted (because no one can find them).”
“I know that human beings are better together than they are apart, as much as I fought that all my life.”

Source : "Singer-Songwriter Matt Nathanson: On feeling vulnerable, staying present, and not being terrified". Interview with Mary Bruce, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. October 26, 2015.
“People need to learn to live with more risk.”

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