"As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment they became successful, that was all they were allowed to do. So you end up talking to the bestselling science-fiction author who wrote a historical-fiction novel that everybody loved, but no one would publish."

-- Neil Gaiman

#Successful Quotes #Talking Quotes #People Quotes

“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”
“I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern.”
“I believe that the only excuse we have for being musicians and for making music in any fashion, is to make it differently, to perform it differently, to establish the music's difference, vis-a-vis our own difference.”
“I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept.”
“When I got 'Lost,' I was about to not be able to live, so it was a fall-to-the-knees, burst-into-tears, 'I'm saved by this great role' moment.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The coverage [of crimes] is different. It's less angry when white [athletes] are involved, less accusatory, less judgemental. I see that in the pieces that are written and reported. At times it bothers me to the point that I just stop reading...just stop.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“I feel like we're all here on this planet, and intimacy is important. I can't bear small talk, it's awful. I want to get beyond that thing of discussing how the weather is a bit better today than it was yesterday, and how this is a nice restaurant. I want to get to what are the problems, what's really going on. Are you in love? Are you in a lot of pain? What's really going on in your life? I'm interested in that area, whether it's on stage or in real life.”

Source : "Simon Amstell Overshares". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 23, 2012.
“The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.”

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