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“At this very moment, I am suffering—as we say in French, j’ai mal. This event, crucial for me, is nonexistent, even inconceivable for anyone else, for everyone else. Except for God, if that word can have a meaning.”
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“Go into the streets, into the slums, into the fashionable quarters. Go into the day courts and the night courts. Become acquainted with sorrow, with many kinds of sorrow. Learn of the wonderful heroism of the poor, of the incredible generosity of the very poor”
Source : Minnie Maddern Fiske, Alexander Woollcott (1917). “Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting, and the Problems of Production”
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“It's not so much about how good a player you are, its how cool you are.”
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“Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from being superior.”
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“I first heard the banjo on the Beverly Hillbillies, and from then on I was banjo-conscious. But I didn't actually get one until my grandfather gave me one, almost by mistake. He knew I was playing a little bit of guitar. He saw a banjo at a flea market and bought it. I took it home with me and just never put it down. I was fifteen.”
Source : Source: therumpus.net
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“It's silly to try to escape other people's faults. They are inescapable. Just try to escape your own.”
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“That leaves Decker and what's his name, Mr. I'm Too Sexy for My Shirt.”
Source : Suzanne Brockmann (2004). “Flashpoint”, p.279, Ballantine Books
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“All jobs are odd, or they would be games or naps or picnics.”
