"A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins."

-- E. L. Doctorow

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Skins Quotes

“What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist — the right to life as the rich woman has the right to life, and the sun and music and art. You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. Help, you women of privilege, give her the ballot to fight with.”
“My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“When playing against big teams, it's the small details that count.”
“I had no ambition to become an actor at all.”
“Have you ever considered how much pure stuff and nonsense surrounds this subject of interior decoration? Probably not. Almost everyone believes that there is something deep and mysterious about it or that you have to know all sorts of complicated details about periods before you can lift a finger. Well, you don't. Decorating is just sheer fun: a delight in color, an awareness of balance, a feeling for lighting, a sense of style, a zest for life and an amused enjoyment of the smart accessories of the moment.”

Source : Rickie Solinger (2002). “Beggars and Choosers: How the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in the United States”, p.67, Macmillan
“Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this is yours, and I want you to be happy. You donâ€™t have to do it, but itâ€™s here if you choose to come back to it.”
“Every character, no matter who you play, at times is pretending to be somebody else. People have a public face and a private face.”

Source : "Alice Eve and Stanley Tucci Talk SOME VELVET MORNING, Making a Movie in One Space with Two Actors, 1:30 TRAIN, CATCHING FIRE and More". Interview with Perri Nemiroff, collider.com. December 12, 2013.
“The nourishment of Cezanne's awkward apples is in the tenderness and alertness they awaken inside us.”

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