"I don't like stand-up comedy that requires a lot of props. I really respect people who can walk out onstage alone and with no other tool but their own minds and can make you laugh and maybe even think a little."

-- David Letterman

#Thinking Quotes #Laughing Quotes #People Quotes

“She took the sun when it came and the rain the same way.”
“Interstate highways dull the reality of place and distance almost as effectively as jetliners do: I loathe their scary monotony.”
“Celebrity is something I've never been into, and never will be.”

Source : "Hill's alive with the sound of music" by Liz Hoggard, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2004.
“I like the architecture of lingerie.”

Source : "Costume Legend Colleen Atwood and Composer Marco Beltrami Reflect On Their Careers". Interview with Zainab Akande, www.indiewire.com. November 7, 2014.
“When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.”
“I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am.”
“The dialectical critique of positivist habits of mind ... is interested only in behaviour which is 'important' to the actor; that is, behaviour which is emotionally charged to the degree that it is either frequently recalled, reflected upon, or day-dreamed about. ... That science which is less discriminating in the behaviour it chooses to investigate gains clarity and distinctiveness at the cost of confining itself to the trivial.”
“How do I know why Miles walks off the stage? Why don't you ask him? And besides, maybe we'd all like to be like Miles, and just haven't got the guts.”

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