Jason Isbell Quotes

When I was writing 'Southeastern,' I'd just recently gotten sober. For me, that was a major turning point in my life. It changed things I did on a day-to-day basis. My whole routine was upended. It took me some time to get used to that and figure out how do I keep myself entertained.

Jason Isbell

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I do think it's very important, if you're going to spend the rest of your life with somebody, to know that you really like them. Because when the pheromones wear off, which of course they will, you have to have a strong basis.

Joan Collins

LifeRestStrongThinkYouKnow

As an actor, the biggest compliment you can get, in my book is for someone to believe that you're the character.

Matt LeBlanc

CharacterBookBelieveSomeoneYou

Fiction is a house with many stately mansions, but also one in which it is wise, at least sometimes, to swing from the chandeliers.

Michael Dirda

WiseHouseSometimesSwingFiction

I don't think that the status of a show, big or small, should affect a person's performance.

Sophie Turner

PerformanceSmallThinkPersonBig

You've just got to earn my respect.

Draymond Green

RespectYouEarnGotJust

I have an imagination that will go in any direction it is prodded. I pride myself on being able to become enthusiastic about anything: If you tell me to write a screenplay about cucumber farms, I'll swallow hard, and in 48 hours, I'll be in love with cucumber farms.

David Seltzer

LoveMyselfImaginationMeDirection

Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?

Christopher Marlowe

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Very skinny women don't look beautiful in clothes.

Christian Lacroix

WomenBeautifulClothesLookSkinny

Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way.

Constance Wu

WorkResultWayNeverSureYour

I lived in London for a long time, and that's a pretty white town. In Toronto, I just ended up in this circle of indie rock kids who happened to be white, too... Really, it was just when I started getting out there and meeting more people and seeing more fans that I went, 'Oh, actually, I'm not white.'

Bryan Lee O'Malley

TimePeopleLongSeeingCircleRock

I often think of the novel as a form that celebrates social groups, and the short story being a form that is capable of celebrating an individual or a sort of insular little pair of people.

Antonya Nelson

PeopleStoryThinkShortCapable

I was working for a chef a long time ago who told me to not skip steps or be in a hurry. Success in a kitchen is more like a marathon and less like a sprint. Rising up the ranks too quickly isn't necessarily a good thing. This advice was from a guy who was sorry he had done that and didn't want me to do the same.

Wylie Dufresne

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