William Scott Quotes

I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.

William Scott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 15, 1913 - December 28, 1989

Topics

FeelToo MuchLibertyLostBecome

I don't go online when I'm writing - that's the devil's workshop - but in general, I'm on there as much as any other global citizen.

Stacey D'Erasmo

WritingDevilGoCitizenGlobal

I'm not a stereotypically beautiful woman, and I'm so happy that I'm not. I've seen those ladies - the need to be attractive at all times is ghastly. Also, in your twenties, if you are beautiful, everything comes to you, so you never need to develop a personality. I never had that problem.

Miranda Hart

BeautifulPersonalityWomanHappy

The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

MindWillKnowingRightsWherever

I'm a showgirl, as you can tell. I'm ever ready.

Dolly Parton

YouReadyTellEver

I go back to St. Lucia, and the exhilaration I feel is not simply the exhilaration of homecoming and of nostalgia. It is almost an irritation of feeling: 'Well, you never got it right. Now you have another chance. Maybe you can try and look harder.'

Derek Walcott

ChanceFeelYouLookBackNostalgia

I think golf can be one of those places where we act and we hope that people act as we would like them to act all the time.

Condoleezza Rice

HopeTimePeopleThinkGolfPlaces

I can't go against my nature because I am what I am. I don't try to be anyone different to who I am.

Brian McDermott

NatureI AmI Am What I AmGoTry

Anyone can sit down and write two pages of a novel, then forget about it, and a week later write five pages of a screenplay, then forget about it, and a week later start another novel... etc, etc.

Antony Johnston

StartWeekDownForgetWriteTwo

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell.

Sherilyn Fenn

SadStoryAlwaysTellHerMay

For most of my career, I've known what it's like to be in the audience and to enjoy what I'm seeing but still have the ambition to say, 'I can do that, I know I can do that. And I want to do that, and I can't wait for that to happen.'

Shalita Grant

AmbitionWaitEnjoySeeingCareer

I think the biggest issue for legacy media - both TV and film - is that it just costs too much money to develop a TV series or movie. And most of them don't work. Then the one that works has to pay for the rest.

Shane Smith

WorkMoneyLegacyRestThinkMedia

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

Scott Walker

TimeWiseMePoliticalLongYou

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