Chris Van Allsburg Quotes

Brainstorming, for me, takes place in my bed at night between the time I turn out my lights and I finally fall asleep. It is not a very violent storm, but what's happening is I am just thinking about different ideas and maybe things I've seen that day that I think might make a good story.

Chris Van Allsburg

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 18, 1949

Topics

GoodTimeDayStormI AmIdeas

I'm a big believer in fate, and it's working out well so far.

Jodie Comer

FateOutBigWellWorkingFar

Every time I walk down one of those red carpets, you think I'd be used to it after all these years, but it's like it's happening for the first time.

Jeff Bridges

TimeWalkRedThinkYouDown

Across the country, people are willing to tighten their belts and sacrifice. The president should ask the oil industry to do the same.

John Salazar

SacrificePeopleCountryOilAsk

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Ambrose Bierce

TemptationPersonWeakPleasureWho

Vampires are so old that they don't need to impress anyone anymore. They're comfortable in their own skin. It's this enigmatic strength that's very romantic and old-fashioned. I think it goes back to something of a Victorian attitude of finding a strong man who's going to look after his woman.

Stephen Moyer

StrengthAttitudeRomanticWomanMan

I'm a little kid from St. Louis, Missouri, on the inside.

Sterling K. Brown

InsideKidLittleSt. LouisMissouri

Shakespeare wrote about love. I write about love. Shakespeare wrote about gang warfare, family feuds and revenge. I write about all the same things.

Sister Souljah

FamilyLoveRevengeWriteSameGang

I like Rebecca Miller and her writing. She's a tremendous writer and director.

Travis Fimmel

WritingSheDirectorHerLike

I didn't know anything was wrong with me when I was growing up. I thought everyone went to occupational and speech therapy, I thought these were common things. I thought I was quite normal until I went to school and someone told me it wasn't normal to have a disability.

RJ Mitte

SchoolMeGrowing UpThoughtSomeone

I will tell the truth wherever I please.

Mary Harris Jones

TruthWillTellWhereverPlease

Nobody was interested in me before I bought the Nets.

Mikhail Prokhorov

MeNobodyInterestedBeforeBought

The Tories and the Lib Dems talk about social mobility, but, short of winning the lottery, the only way to guarantee young people from all backgrounds the opportunity to do better and to raise aspirations is through education.

Lucy Powell

EducationOpportunityPeopleWinning

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