Michael Leunig Quotes

A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness; not that these things are of much earthly value, but at least they may keep you amused when the world is keeping you locked away or shutting you out.

Michael Leunig

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GoodWisdomExperienceCreativity

Your brain is cooked when you write hard for three or four hours.

John Grisham

BrainYouThreeWriteHardFour

I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest. The experience of working there is something of a battleground, a great one, but complicated. I think there's a deep connection for having survived that workplace.

Ana Gasteyer

GreatExperienceDeepThinkFriends

Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with.

Simon Travaglia

YourselfViewSomeoneSpectacles

Composing for movies is not an easy job - its a different art altogether, and moreover, I don't want to get involved in too many things at one time and want to concentrate on my shows and albums.

Sivamani

TimeArtJobEasyWantMovies

At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.

Rosa Parks

TimeDayPeopleTurnMassesJust

There's something about the Razorbacks that's unique to Arkansas - I don't know how many states have just one team that the entire state coalesces around. We don't have a pro team, so everybody's into the Razorbacks. Everybody's watching the Razorbacks on Saturday.

Matt Besser

TeamSaturdayUniqueKnowWatching

A lot of my writing is wish-fulfilment, making things the way I want them to be.

Michelle Paver

WritingWantWayThingsMakingThem

I normally sleep very well, but when I do have bad dreams, they always involve my children.

Michael Robotham

DreamsChildrenSleepBadAlways

I work every day, and every year I spend seven months away from my family. I miss my kids' birthdays, and those are times I will never be able to go back on and share with them. That kills me.

Mo Farah

WorkFamilyDayMeYearEvery Day

Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

WorryHelpYouTroubleNothingReal

Many friends of mine told me that normally only guys like a kung fu movie and the girls would be turned off - they want to see a love story. But Ip Man is a family man, so the women see this and go: 'I want my husband to be like this man. He'll be a scholar, he'll be fighting, he'll care for the family.' So we had a bigger audience.

Donnie Yen

FamilyLoveWomenManMeHusband

It's amazing to me: when people start their career, you write about maybe a couple of topics, and you find that as you grow older, a lot of those topics never resolve, because I think your job as a writer is to pose questions as you see them. I don't know if we're supposed to give answers to people, because I don't know if we have any.

Brian Fallon

JobPeopleAmazingMeStartThink

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