"I want those young whipper-snappers to know that in days past we actually used to kill trees and make those things called books."

-- Eric Jerome Dickey

#Book Quotes #Past Quotes #Tree Quotes

“And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world.”
“A man is but an ***** Who fights in a cuirass”
“I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now.”
“Writing thats not working for a living.”
“They used to tease me at the 'Oprah' show, 'Are you really going to do another white Shaker kitchen, with white subway tile and stainless steel appliances?' And my answer is, 'I can vary it a bit, but I'm never going to err from classic materials.'”
“As a kid I was made to walk the plank. We couldn't afford a dog.”
“Gay rights are human rights, there is no separation.”
“I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for.”

Source : "Busted? It was like torture". Interview with Alexis Petridis, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2006.

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