Mike White Quotes

People sometimes seem surprised because often, you know, you know, there's a lot of tortured characters in the stuff I write.

Mike White

Recitation: by Male by Female

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PeopleYouKnowSometimesWrite

I still haven't made a film that defines who I am.

Jennifer Tilly

I AmFilmStillWhoDefinesMade

I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.

Robert Sheckley

LuckWritingStoryThinkShort

Nobody wants to hear Metallica at lunchtime.

Michael Fassbender

NobodyLunchtimeHearWants

Yeah, I'm an open book.

Amy Winehouse

BookOpenOpen BookYeah

I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.

Amy Chua

LoveMyselfDayParentsMeBelieve

George Bush and I share a love of steel brush cutters. It turns out we use the same professional brush cutter. He asked me what I did. I said I cut brush. He says, 'Oh, what do you use?' I said steel. He goes, 'Oh, me too.'

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

LoveMeYouProfessionalSaidSteel

It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point.

Tom Sizemore

ActingSeriouslyPointUpTakeJust

I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots.

Josh Silver

ThinkIdiotsFragileArtistsLeaning

I may play the same songs night to night, but I never play them the same way.

Dick Dale

NightPlayWayNeverSameMay

I was very afraid that I wouldn't be able to do this job well. And the time never came back.

Sharon Olds

TimeJobBackNeverAfraidWell

'Reversible Errors' is about the limits of the law to define who committed ultimate evil, to define what ultimate evil is, to allow the million arbitrary factors to make this a meaningful punishment, and finally to say, 'Are we really accomplishing what we wanted to accomplish? Are those anxieties relieved?' I don't think so.

Scott Turow

LawEvilLimitsThinkAccomplish

I've always felt like the underdog.

Tyron Woodley

UnderdogAlwaysLikeFelt

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