-
“Early days, I was a bit racked , particularly when I did Hitler, for CBS . That was hellish. That stayed with me for quite a long time.”
-
“I had all these songs lying around. They had all these woman characters, and I thought the idea of the Woman King would be a good way to tie them all together.”
-
“Those who fail to see that population growth and climate change are two sides of the same coin are either ignorant or hiding from the truth. These two huge environmental problems are inseparable and to discuss one while ignoring the other is irrational.”
Source : "Stop blaming the poor. It's the wally yachters who are burning the planet" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2009.
-
“When you're being earnest, people think you're being sarcastic and when you're being sarcastic, they think you're being earnest. The moral in all this, of course, is that people should never attempt to communicate.”
Source : "Charlie Brooker answers your questions: 'I get angry to amuse myself'". Guardian interview, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2013.
-
“Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.”
-
“Don't be a drag. Just be a queen.”
-
“Day by day we are given not what we want but what we need. Sometimes it is a feast and sometimes...swept crumbs, but by faith we believe it is enough.”
-
“Most people think of a balanced life in terms of how much time is given to the various sectors of a life. While time is one measure of involvement, I think the critical variable is passion. How energized, fascinated and absorbed are you in each sphere in which you are engaged? They are rarely, and usually only briefly, equal.”