Jill Paton Walsh Quotes

There's no point in using someone else's characters if you're going to turn them into your own vision. You have to be loyal to that person's worldview and sensitive to what they would and wouldn't have done with their characters, and how explicit or inexplicit they would've been.

Jill Paton Walsh

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

VisionSomeoneYouPersonDoneTurn

One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This winds lots of people up, particularly because famous Christians pronounce on the life of the poor from their very lovely affluent homes filled with their very lovely families and attractive pets.

Jo Brand

LifePeopleFamousHelpPoorLovely

I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.

Jesse Eisenberg

ServiceStoryThroughPlayingGoing

I like to pace onstage.

John Mulaney

PaceLikeOnstage

There is no law that says a campaign cannot accept information from a foreign government.

Jeanine Pirro

GovernmentLawInformationAccept

We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

ProblemsWillWhich

I've lived in good climate, and it bores the hell out of me. I like weather rather than climate.

John Steinbeck

GoodMeWeatherHellOutLived

I quit my band in New York City in 1969 and I got really angry at them. I got angry at one of my guitar players and I dove over the drum set and we got into a fight.

Steven Tyler

FightAngryNew YorkCityGuitar

We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press.

Roger Ailes

FreedomReligionLosingSpeechPress

I kind of dwindled into acting.

Ron Silver

ActingKind

I learned so much about life and other human beings - then about myself.

Mary Steenburgen

LifeMyselfHumanHuman BeingsMuch

Music is my second love.

Miguel Sapochnik

LoveMusicSecond

I was improving in the sport at age 10, 11, when I was getting my triple jumps - and it was suddenly very isolating. I was doing really well in competitions, and it felt strange because people that were my friends became almost jealous.

Michelle Kwan

AgePeopleJealousFriendsDoing

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jill Paton Walsh