"And the sad truth is that nobody wants me to write comedy. The Exorcist not only ended that career, it expunged all memory of its existence."

--

Source : Interview with Lucy A. Snyder, www.lucysnyder.com. July 26, 1999.

William Peter Blatty

#Memories Quotes #Writing Quotes #Careers Quotes

“...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom. For if there should be in the city [any athlete whose skill] is honoured more than strength ... the city would not on that account be any better governed.”
“Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see .”

Source : Charles A. Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh (2003). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.288, Simon and Schuster
“Life is the desert, life the solitude, death joins us to the great majority.”
“Therapy is too good to be limited to the sick.”

Source : Erving Polster, Miriam Polster (1973). “Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice”
“Our marriage, like many others, has had its ups and its downs. It took a lot of work and a whole lot of therapy to get to a place where I could forgive Anthony. It was not an easy choice in any way. But I made the decision that it was worth staying in this marriage. That was a decision I made for me, for our son and for our family.”

Source : "Huma Abedin's statement on husband Anthony Weiner an unprecedented stance" by Emily Ngo, www.newsday.com. July 23, 2013.
“Truth is buried, deep inside of men, sweep away each day.”

Source : "Song: 'The Last Tea Song' ('Blue Walls and The Big Sky')". 1995.
“The single biggest stimulus to the economy are the unemployment benefits we're paying. These people go out and they spend the money. They go out and they have to get by to everything from paying their mortgage or buying food or just getting by. It has a significant impact on economic growth and the continuation of economic growth.”
“I think for five lives, 10 lives, 15 human lives, we could save a million, two million, 10 million non-human lives.”

Source : "Murder is not monkey business" by David Aaronovitch, www.theguardian.com. July 27, 2004.

You may also like:

Ben Daniels
Actor
Blake Edwards
Film director
Ellen Burstyn
Actress
Geena Davis
Actress
George C. Scott
Film actor
Lee J. Cobb
Actor
Linda Blair
Actress
Max von Sydow
Actor
William Friedkin
Film director