"Normally, what youâ€™re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels â€¦ almost nonexistent things."

-- James Salter

#Book Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Levels Quotes

“We didn't name Birdie before she was born. When she came out I said, 'I think we gotta go with Birdie, I think that's her name.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“To all who pass that they may see, Rock 'N' Roll was a part of me.”

Source : Nik Cohn (1971). “Arfur: teenage pinball queen: a novel”
“It is not a question so much of a 'tree like a figure' or a 'root like a figure' - it is a question of bringing out the anonymous personality of these things.”

Source : Graham Vivian Sutherland, John T. Hayes (1977). “Portraits by Graham Sutherland”
“Collect moments rather than things. Moments get away.”

Source : Matthew Knisely (2014). “Framing Faith: From Camera to Pen, An Award-Winning Photojournalist Captures God in a Hurried World”, p.20, Thomas Nelson Inc
“For years I thought I was just a writer, but when I sat down to design and started playing around with it, I realized that, really, it's pretty easy. Obviously it's more than just a set of rules, but the basics of design are actually pretty simple and quite mathematical. The link between data and design works at quite a fundamental level.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“And I told her point blank, you've got everything to live for. You've got such talent. You're back singing great, lose the weight. And she went and did it, and look at her now!”

Source : "Love on the rocks". "Dateline NBC" with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. February 6, 2014.
“Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers.”
“I like to break left when people think I'm going to go right.”

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