Patricia Highsmith Quotes

Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.

Patricia Highsmith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995

Topics

WorldFilmCommunistRottenSome

I looked to my mom as an example. And this is what I try to tell so many women: that my mom had a career, and she went to the gym. She took care of herself.

Jillian Michaels

WomenMomCareGymCareerTry

At the end of the day, what difference does it make if you made 10 films or 18 films? You made 10 films, but you had a great relationship with your kids, or at least you did your best not to screw them up irrevocably, or you made 18, and they don't return your phone calls.

Jennifer Connelly

RelationshipGreatBestDayEndYou

There is a lot of talk in publishing these days that we need to become more like the Internet: We need to make books for short attention spans with bells and whistles - books, in short, that are as much like 'Angry Birds' as possible. But I think that's a terrible idea.

John Green

AngryBirdsThinkInternetShort

When I was a kid, there were really only two possible futures in the foreground, which were Orwell's '1984' and Huxley's 'Brave New World'.

Max Richter

BraveWorldNewPossibleKidTwo

I'm afraid of happy people. They're chemically unbalanced.

Shirley Manson

HappyPeopleAfraidHappy People

When I first set out to do it, I wanted to be a working actor, and now it seems like it's superseded even my dreams.

Michael Pena

DreamsNowActorFirstOutWorking

If the setups take too long, you wind up losing momentum. Momentum is very good for comedy. Not having to do eight setups in a single scene and have it take five hours is very good for comedy.

Michael Spiller

GoodLosingWindComedyLongYou

The first book I ever bought for myself was 'One Fish Two Fish' by Dr. Seuss. My favourite page shows two children carrying an enormous glass jar up some stairs in the dark. In the jar is a tusked beflippered creature floating in brine.

Mini Grey

ChildrenMyselfBookFishStairs

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

Joyce Carol Oates

LoveTimeYouStorytellingTellGet

With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle.

Johnny Vegas

ChanceYouGotFickleJustQuite

The erosion of personal freedom and liberty as a result of federal policy and legislation is alarming.

Derrick Grayson

FreedomResultLibertyPersonal

In the animal world, there are all kinds of behaviors that are binary: for example, to flee or to fight. In any evolutionary environment, knowing your opponent's decision would not be advantageous for long because your opponent would evolve the same recognition mechanism to also know you.

Chris Adami

DecisionFightAnimalWorldYou

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