Elfriede Jelinek Quotes

I have the feeling it will influence my future writing to the extent that without any material worries I could develop a greater ease, even lightheartedness, in my writing.

Elfriede Jelinek

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FutureWritingInfluenceFeeling

I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.

Andrew Scott

ResearchYouRiskBigTakeGuy

Claims of a decisive 'turning point' in any election are often overblown - more often, such a moment merely crystallizes a change that's been days or weeks in the making. But you can make a real case that Obama's Jefferson-Jackson Day speech is a pivot point in America history.

John Dickerson

ChangeHistoryMomentDayAmerica

I feel, for the most part, especially in comedy, you make your own work, and maybe that's true across the board.

Anna Faris

WorkFeelComedyYouTrueOwn

I still love hockey. It's just I'm at a different stage of my life and I think I'm just ready to grow in other ways outside of just being a hockey player.

Angela Ruggiero

LifeLoveHockeyThinkGrowMy Life

Popularity is given to you, and if you think that just because you're really popular you're a better person, it could be a real crash when you find the popularity goes down.

Amy Tan

Better PersonThinkBetterYouDown

People underestimate me, but I've always been a stretch runner.

Sonny Bono

PeopleMeUnderestimateAlwaysBeen

Peter Parker's storyline hits every key point of growing up.

Tom Holland

Growing UpKeyGrowingPointUp

After a show over the summer, a girl came up to me who was a pastor at her church, which was not accepting of same-sex relationships. She said that 'Same Love' allowed her to come out regardless of the consequences.

Mary Lambert

LoveGirlMeChurchConsequences

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.

Michael LeBoeuf

TimeFocusIdeasThinkThoughtYou

My best man was my best friend of almost 20 years, Matt Ryan. He actually plays John Constantine on the new NBC show 'Constantine,' but we've been friends since we were teenagers.

Joseph Morgan

FriendBestManBest FriendFriends

To me, characters are at the heart of great literature.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

HeartGreatMeLiteratureCharacters

My grandmother had always played show tunes from classic musicals at the piano when we were growing up, so that helped me fall in love with Rodgers and Hammerstein, Cole Porter, Lerner and Loewe, etc.

Colin Donnell

LoveMeGrowing UpFallGrowingUp

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