David Mitchell Quotes

When I was about 14, in about 1984, I decided to become a great poet. Faber & Faber was going to publish me, and when Ted Hughes read my first anthology he would invite me to Yorkshire for meat pies and mentorship.

David Mitchell

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GreatMeBecomeFirstMeatPoet

Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just sat down - never previewed the movie - we just really winged it.

Joel Hodgson

IdeasDownNeverUpComeJust

Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do.

Jennifer Aniston

HeartYouWantTryFollowYour

Certainly it's very difficult to keep momentum going through a film which has as many characters as this does, and the piece took on a life of its own to try and shape it. That took all the time we had in editing.

John Crowley

LifeTimeMomentumEditingTryOwn

It costs so much to make films. With a novel, you can write the whole thing on a ream of paper from Staples for $4.

Ruth Ozeki

YouWritePaperWholeCostsMuch

The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.

Mason Cooley

SoulGreatnessAmbitionAimLiterary

We came from the '60s era, when we started and made so many hits. The song value from the '60s was so darn good, you've got The Beatles, The Beach Boys, all of Motown, and plenty of other people, too... amazing records, amazing songs.

Mike Love

GoodBeachValuePeopleAmazingYou

We need someone with superb judgement in their own right because, yes, a president can hire the best advisors on Earth, but I guarantee you this: Five advisors will give five different opinions. And it is the president - and the president alone - who always makes the final call.

Michelle Obama

AloneBestSomeoneOpinionsYou

There was one day when I just didn't feel like I could do weight training after my cardio, so I didn't. You do have to know when to stop, or you can hurt yourself.

Jordana Brewster

DayYourselfTrainingHurtFeelYou

What I really found was that the one similarity between 'Covert Affairs' and 'Fair Game' is a deep love and admiration and fascination with the home life of a spy.

Doug Liman

LifeLoveHomeGameDeepFair

If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in his mouth.

Chuck Jones

BabyYouMouthLookWantLike

I'm inconsistent, even to myself.

Bob Dylan

MyselfEvenInconsistent

For a dinner date, I eat light all day to save room, then I go all in: I choose this meal and this order, and I choose you, the person across from me, to share it with. There's a beautiful intimacy in a meal like that.

Anthony Bourdain

BeautifulLightDayMeDinnerYou

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