"I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something I wanted to be. An outfielder was something to be. Most of what I know about style I learned from Roberto Clemente."

-- John Sayles

#Style Quotes #Grew Up Quotes #Outfielders Quotes

“I'm fed up with the idiots... the ever-widening gap between people who know how to make movies and the people who green-light the movies.”
“Jealousy sees things always with magnifying glasses which make little things large, of dwarfs giants, of suspicions truths.”
“The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype.”
“Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh, being too strong, kicks against the spirit, penance takes the rod of discipline, and fast, and the cilice of many buds, and mighty vigils; and places burdens enough on the flesh, that it may be more subdued. But if the body is weak, fallen into illness, the rule of discretion does not approve of such a method.”
“I've had a lot of people tell me they wish I were their principal”
“Tommy Smith wasn't born, he was quarried.”
“If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house.”
“Humanity, take a good look at yourself. Inside, youâ€™ve got heaven and earth, and all of creation. Youâ€™re a worldâ€”everything is hidden in you.”

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