James L. Brooks Quotes

I don't know whether I have ideas all the time. I think I'm curious about things all the time; I think I'm always curious, and I think I'm always interested in whatever passes by, and I know I tend to think about things, and I tend to talk about things, and sometimes that takes root and gives me something to chase.

James L. Brooks

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But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days.

Jimmy Page

BestImpossibleCompromiseEarlyOut

I mean, I have worked out. I've always worked out a little, you know, when I felt it was, like... time.

Jemima Kirke

TimeYouKnowMeanAlwaysOut

Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population.

John O. Brennan

WarPopulationUnfortunatelyCivilian

For both reasons, owing to the thermal motion and to the working together of various wavelengths, factors arise which, in a similar manner to the structural factor, exert some influence upon the brightness of the interference points but not upon their location.

Max von Laue

Working TogetherTogetherInfluence

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest part of autobiography.

Robert Penn Warren

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The idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me.

Logan Lerman

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So many artists try to be something that they're not.

Johnny Van Zant

TrySomethingArtistsMany

Damn everything but the circus.

Corita Kent

CircusDamnEverything

Sportswriters. They were all my friends. They were racetrack guys and so was I.

Art Rooney

FriendsGuysWereRacetrack

Ideally, writing ought to be like riding a bicycle: something you know how to do without having to think consciously about exactly what it is that you are doing.

Brian Stableford

WritingThinkBicycleDoingYou

Words of love, are works of love.

William R. Alger

LoveRomanticWordsWorks

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

Richard Russo

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