Peter Davison Quotes

In order to understand what they need to understand, in order to write what they write, they have to be free. And yet, they aren't ever free. They are not free because they are not free of the constrictions their art puts on them.

Peter Davison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 27, 1928

Topics

ArtFreeUnderstandWriteNeedEver

If you ask a young man from my team, 'Would you rather deal with police or with White?' they'll tell you 'police' every time.

Jesse White

TimePoliceManTeamYouWhite

I have no problem with commitment - you can't have a real relationship without it. I can flip on a switch in my brain, and even if the next Brad Pitt is standing next to me, I won't look at him. But I can also turn that switch off, and then I collect attractive boys.

Megan Fox

RelationshipCommitmentMeBrainYou

You have to starve the Beast. That's one of the most important things about tax cuts. If you leave the money in Washington, it's going to be spent.

Steve Chabot

MoneyYouBeastImportantWashington

Jill Eisenstadt is a writer of many admirable gifts. Foremost among them are a sharp eye for people, a playful love of language, and, it's probably safe to assume, nearly boundless energy.

Stephen McCauley

LovePeopleEyeEnergyLanguage

I don't hold that everybody has to love fashion. Some people like gardening.

Steven Cojocaru

LoveGardeningPeopleFashionHold

Sometimes you trust someone who turns out not to be honest. There are a lot of things that happen in life that don't turn out the way you're given the impression that they will. And I think that's all kind of a con. But I think we've probably all been hurt.

Sigourney Weaver

LifeTrustThinkHurtSomeoneYou

When I was about 19, my stepmother said - because this was back in the '80s - that I had Robert Wagner's pompadour. I said, 'What are you talking about? You mean the guy from 'Hart to Hart?'

Michael Weatherly

TalkingYouBackSaidMeanGuy

It gives me confidence to know that what I'm writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it. When I'm writing fiction, I must believe it to be true, or I can see no point in it.

Michael Morpurgo

ConfidenceMeWritingBelieveI Can

I said yes to Real Madrid while keeping my responsibility to the national team. I was completely honest.

Julen Lopetegui

ResponsibilityTeamSaidRealYes

The city is the nerve center of our civilization. It is also the storm center.

Josiah Strong

StormCityCivilizationCenterOur

Talking makes the fight bigger... When the fight is over, everyone goes in opposite sides with money in the pocket. You have to talk trash because that brings money.

Jose Aldo

MoneyFightTalkingYouTrashTalk

I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me.

Brett Ratner

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