Charles de Lint Quotes

The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well.

Charles de Lint

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 22, 1951

Topics

WorkFriendshipGoodArtBeginning

I'm trying to broaden my range and get different characters in each film.

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

TryingFilmGetDifferentRange

The archetype of male hero is so boring. And the pretty, boobed woman is so... boring.

Jessie Buckley

HeroWomanBoringPrettyMale

When I was visiting schools, I wanted to go and see what they got. After my visit, I knew that Kansas was good.

Joel Embiid

GoodGoSeeKansasGotKnew

Who would have thought that a tap-dancing penguin would outpoint James Bond at the box office? And deserve to? Not that there's anything wrong with 'Casino Royale.' But 'Happy Feet' - written and directed by George Miller - is a complete charmer, even if, in the way of most family fare, it can't resist straying into the Inspirational.

Robert Gottlieb

InspirationalFamilyHappyBondFeet

Louise Wilson told me she wanted to see more of the 1997 show. And so I needed to reissue that.

Matthew Williamson

MeMoreSheSeeShowWanted

Of course I had written a film about Elizabeth I, and I loved the Tudor period, and I think at the time Working Title and I had debated on whether to do Elizabeth I or Henry VIII. I'd always wanted to do Henry VIII. Like Elizabeth, I'd had this feeling that it had never properly been addressed.

Michael Hirst

TimeThinkLovedFeelingNeverFilm

Managing China is a daunting task, and they've got smart people doing it.

Steve Wynn

SmartPeopleDoingSmart PeopleTask

No one's memory is infallible, of course - quite the opposite.

Sigrid Nunez

MemoryOppositeCourseQuite

There are so many people telling you no, but if you love what you do, no one can stop you.

Trevor Jackson

LovePeopleYouStopTellingMany

Most important for the circadian field was the pioneering work of Ron Konopka in Seymour's lab.

Michael Rosbash

WorkImportantMostFieldLabRon

Guess in my brain I have a figurative 'man card' that's got certain punches that need to be punched.

Jason Babin

ManBrainNeedGotPunchesPunched

If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet.

Brad Holland

TodayPaintingBlackStartingVelvet

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