"You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film."

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Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. January 17, 2003.

Thomas Perry

#Lying Quotes #Book Quotes #Character Quotes

“Black Mask is new money. He's rich. He's very, very powerful. He's made it. He's known for being brutal and sadistic. And particularly at this point in the Arkham franchise he has enormous resources. He is the number one gang leader in Gotham. And has easily the most power in the city.”
“Passion is loving something enough to suffer for it.”
“Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.”
“Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.”
“The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more.”
“Golf is my real profession. Entertainment is just a sideline. I tell jokes to pay my greens fees.”
“Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.”
“Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.”

Source : Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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