Quotes
Authors
Barbara Ascher
"Grief is like the wind. When it's blowing hard, you adjust your sails and run before it. If it blows too hard, you stay in the harbor, close the hatches and don't take calls. When it's gentle, you go sailing, have a picnic, take a swim." --
Barbara Ascher
#Running Quotes
#Grief Quotes
#Blow Quotes
“People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.”
“I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.”
“To the artist, the forest is an asylum of peace and dancing shadows.”
“Meditate. A few minutes of deep meditation will connect you with the ocean of intuition deep within you.”
“Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after youve done that, dream bigger.”
“Parents have too little respect for their children, just as the children have too much for the parents.”
“I sing seriously to my mom on the phone. To put her to sleep, I have to sing 'Maria' from West Side Story. When I hear her snoring, I hang up.”
“On Darjeeling, I was on set every day and I acted as the second unit director and a producer on that film. I was there throughout the whole process. On Moonrise Kingdom, I showed up for one day.”