"I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately."

-- Helen Dunmore

#Individual Quotes #Reader Quotes #Feels Quotes

“Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act.”
“I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented.”
“Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.”
“Marriage vows in an objectivist church would probably run along the lines of "Do you promise to attempt to dominate and subdue this woman until such time as you grow bored?" "Maybe." "Close enough. And do you promise to applaud this man`s production until such time as you find someone with a bigger ... corporation?" "Whatever." "By the power vested in me by having scammed you guys out of a marriage license fee, I now pronounce you man and appendage. May you be unencumbered by small persons."”
“I just like to write stuff that makes people laugh, stuff that works, a fun movie that everyone can enjoy. I'm not really worried about the packaging, marketing, and what the studios are going to run next.”
“A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.”
“Spend at least some of your training time, and other parts of your day, concentrating on what you are doing in training and visualizing your success.”
“If you love the truth, you'll trust it - that is, you will expect it to be good, beautiful, perfect, orderly, etc., in the long run, not necessarily in the short run.”

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