Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Joanna Trollope Quotes

Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out into the world.

Joanna Trollope

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: December 9, 1943

Topics

Respect World Book You Way Out

My focus is to grow, have fun, and work with people who inspire me, like Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Work Focus Fun People Me Have Fun

People have expectations from you - and the whole fun of acting is taking expectations and completely upending them. That's how you get laughs in comedy, and that's how you scare the daylights out of people in a horror film.

Fun People Expectations Comedy You

All the fascination with numbers conspires to make you forget the beauty of the game sometimes.

Beauty Game You Numbers Sometimes

I've always worked hard and played hard, and I'm sure I'll be cleaning up my act in the future.

Michael Douglas

Future Cleaning Hard Always Up Act

I'd love to do a Columbo-type detective character in a series.

Love Character Detective Series

To me, letters have always been a robust medium of sublimation. I don't remember what I was like before I learned my ABC's, but for as long as I can remember I have made them with my fingers and felt them in my bones.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Me Remember Long I Can Letters Been

The government should not be guided by Temporary Excitement, but by Sober Second Thought.

Martin Van Buren

Government Thought Sober Excitement

I'm an ex-'Globe' guy. My friends are depicted in 'Spotlight.'

Mitchell Zuckoff

Friends Spotlight Guy Depicted

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

Time Man Wait Fly Duck Mouth

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Family Love Fear Father Inspire Dad

Anybody else who's gotten the president of the United States elected, tell me you are better than I am at it.

I Am Me Better You President Tell

People who work in horror know they are contributing to a genre that has always been loved and will always be loved - privately. It's the forbidden evil working behind the curtain. My job scoring a horror movie is like being the barker at a carnival. A good barker can get anyone to walk into the roped-off tent.

Christopher Young

Work Good Walk Job People Evil

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Joanna Trollope