“I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution.”
“Figure out whether or not you believe in yourself, and if you don't, find a way to. Because even more than you want it, you must believe it. And learn about yourself. The rhythm of one's spirit is just as important as what you look like or what you sound like. Who are you? What's your voice? What are you dying to contribute?”
“Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.”
“Every acquisition of accommodation becomes material for assimilation, but assimilation always resists new accommodations.”
“The danger of a closed mind is that it can also leave good things like love, compassion and reason on its outside.”
“Are you tired of sand being kicked in your face? I promise you new muscles in days!”
“The mentality of coaches and players alike [in Bundesliga]. It's all about winning.”
“The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.”
Charles I of England Monarch
E. V. Lucas Playwright
Leigh Hunt Poet
Mary Lamb Writer
Robert Southey Poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge Poet
Thomas de Quincey Essayist
William Hazlitt Writer
William Wordsworth Poet