"I have a very serious censorship office inside my head; it censors things that I could tell you that you would never forget, and I don't want to be the person to stick that in your brain."

--

Source : "Katherine Heigl admits she has image problem" by Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 8, 2010.

Alan Furst

#Office Quotes #Brain Quotes #Want Quotes

“How should an artist begin to do his work as an artist? I would insist that he begin his work as an artist by setting out to make a work of art.”
“Most of us live for the critic, and he lives on us. He doesn't sacrifice himself. He gets so much a line for writing a criticism. If the birds should read the newspapers, they would all take to changing their notes. The parrots would exchange with the nightingales, and what a farce it would be!”
“In many ways, it is easier to hit a pitcher when he is wild.”
“During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland”
“Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up.”
“The only music I've ever written was for a film called Frank, and the idea was that it was the worst music in the world.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A churlish courtesy rarely comes but either for gain or falsehood.”
“She is the elephantâ€™s eyebrows,â€ Evie whispered appreciatively. â€œThose jewels! How her neck must ache.â€ â€œThatâ€™s why Bayer makes aspirin,â€ Mabel whispered back, and Evie smiled, knowing that even a socialist wasnâ€™t immune to the dazzle of a movie star.”

You may also like:

Arthur Koestler
Author
Charles Cumming
Writer
Eric Ambler
Author
John le Carre
Author
Joseph Kanon
Author
Joseph Roth
Journalist
Olen Steinhauer
Writer
P.B. Kerr
Author
Janet Montgomery
Film actress