"Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it."

-- Charlie Kaufman

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Talent Quotes

“People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the entertainment field. You don't get it both ways.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me.”

Source : Quoted in Wash. Post, 15 Apr. 1976
“Bush is almost always clear when he's speaking cruelly. For example, when the subject is the punitive infliction of great pain, there is no problem with his syntax, grammar, or vocabulary, even if he happens to be lying. ... On the other hand, our president is extraordinarily tongue-tied when he's trying, off the cuff, to sound a note of idealism, magnanimity or -- especially -- compassion.”
“The investor knows quite well that we don't have anymore the widespread terrorism here in Peru.”

Source : Interview with Lucia Newman, www.cnn.com. January 8, 1997.
“Pressure is calming to the nervous system.”
“If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.”
“Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression?”

Source : Speech at Imam Khomeini Naval Academy in Noshahr, english.khamenei.ir. September 17, 2012.
“I think society, in general, is hard on women, period.”

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