Paul Di Filippo Quotes

Roald Dahl pioneered a new kind of literature for youngsters, one that dispensed with cant and solemnity, favoring anarchy and joy over duty and humbuggery while acknowledging that oftentimes no good deed goes unpunished. But ultimately, it was his sheer joie de vivre that carried the day.

Paul Di Filippo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 29, 1954

Topics

GoodDayJoyLiteratureNewKind

Love is bigger than government.

Jesse Ventura

LoveGovernmentLove IsBiggerThan

I think that people should do what their heart and soul tells them to do.

Maxine Waters

HeartSoulPeopleThinkI Think

If the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is to live, our babies must live. Our mothers must choose life. If we refuse to answer the cry of mercy from the unborn, and ignore the suffering of the mothers, then we are signing our own death warrants.

Alveda King

LifeLiveDeathKingSufferingCry

The first time I saw Istvan Szabo's 'Mephisto,' I came out and I was in shock. I was shaking.

Stellan Skarsgard

TimeFirst TimeFirstOutSawShock

I have performed for the troops... in Iraq! They loved it! I loved it... It's all good!

Rob Riggle

GoodLovedTroopsIraqPerformed

Every player dreams of a big league.

Michy Batshuayi

DreamsBigPlayerEveryLeague

'Paranormal Activity' had fifty versions because it was $250 to reshoot. We'd screen it, see one thing wrong, shoot for an hour, fix it, and then screen it again. You don't have to be disciplined about it. On a regular movie, you have to screen it and think of every problem, reshoot for three days and solve every problem, and then you're done.

Jason Blum

ThinkProblemYouWrongDoneThree

We realized we had high-volume marketplace as a platform. Anyone can come in and buy with a subscription.

Jon Oringer

BuyComeMarketplacePlatformAnyone

The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I'm in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins,' lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer.

Dick Van Dyke

DaughterGreatFoodSummerWoodOut

Sequels are hard.

Christopher Miller

HardSequels

There's probably a couple someones that are gonna hear the songs and go, 'I think that might have been about me,' or, 'I know it's about me.' I do play that pretty close to the vest. I don't think I'm ever gonna write a song and drop somebody's name in it.

Chris Young

MeSongThinkNamePlayKnow

I don't hate people who colour-blind cast, but I hate people who colour-blind cast and pretend that they're not, who pretend that these bodies on stage don't actually carry specific meaning.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

HatePeopleMeaningStagePretend

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