"You have this comet trail of your own lived life, sparks from which arrive in the head all the time, whether you want them or not - life has been lived but it is still all going on, in the mind for better and for worse."

-- Penelope Lively

#Mind Quotes #Sparks Quotes #Want Quotes

“While it is OK to give school children prizes for 'effort' -- my kids get them all the time -- I think international statesmen should probably be held to a higher standard,”

Source : "What did Obama do to win the Nobel Peace Prize?" by Gideon Rachman, www.ft.com. October 9, 2009.
“Love has been described as a three-ring circus: First comes the engagement ring, then the wedding ring, and after that the suffering.”
“Michigan is my antidote to Manhattan. This is where I come to relax.”
“When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those guys that we used to watch, you know, I watched Clockwork Orange at an age that was incredibly inappropriate, but he sat there with me and he explained what was going on and you know, I came to appreciate it even if I was terrified at the time.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Create each day anew.”
“What I do as a director is really create a safe environment that everyone can feel very comfortable in and experiment within so that they don't hold back anything. You never ever want someone to go, 'Oh I shouldn't have done that.' There isn't anything you shouldn't try. If it's terrible, who cares?”
“When you did impressions on 'MADtv,' the producers gave you a Walkman that played huge sections of whatever movie was being parodied, with your character's catchphrases recorded on a loop. You'd wear this thing around during rehearsals and for a week listen to the voice you had to impersonate over and over again. It drove all of us crazy.”

Source : Artie Lange, Anthony Bozza (2008). “Too Fat to Fish”, p.147, Spiegel & Grau
“There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.”

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