Patrick deWitt Quotes

Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.

Patrick deWitt

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DailyReadingYouForgetWriteHard

We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'

Jim James

WallsTryingYouDownSayAlways

Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.

Johannes Kepler

FocusSpaceSunPlanetsMove

The most important thing for Quentin and the most important thing for me is to make the best film possible.

Robert Richardson

BestMeImportantPossibleFilm

I feel like most standup comedians do it the way I did it, where you just go to open mics and cut your teeth. Sketch and improv - they take a lot of classes. It's not unusual, the way I did it. It's just that, with standup, no one knows how to start because there's no book for it; there's no place you can really go.

Michael Che

StartBookFeelYouPlaceSketch

HBO is undeniably a leader in meaningful storytelling in a wide array of formats. I'm honored to join the REAL SPORTS team and look forward to continuing my fervor for uncovering unique and impactful stories.

Soledad O'Brien

LeaderSportsTeamForwardLook

One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.

Sonakshi Sinha

PeopleWorldBetterTalkingYou

I've battled my weight since I was 12. My parents took to us to New York once, for a holiday, and there I'd buy fruit loops from a 24x7 shop and sit down with my books. I never played; I wasn't that kind of kid - I just read. I ate chocolates like peanuts. I was 86kg till I was 19.

Sonam Kapoor

New YorkParentsFruitHolidayDown

All the legal action I've taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted, which is privacy and non-harassment.

Sienna Miller

MyselfProud

It's hard to get material. I haven't made a movie before. I have two episodes of television that I think have come in really great, but it's really hard to get directing work.

Shiri Appleby

WorkGreatThinkTelevisionHard

For me, if its television, if it's theater, if it's film, and it's good, I don't make much of distinction between the 3. I think there's only so many great stories out there. If you get the chance to be a part of one, it doesn't matter what it is.

Tom Cavanagh

GoodGreatMeChanceThinkYou

I think there's more women that watch me than men, but I don't look at myself as just a minister to women. My ministry began that way, but I really feel like the Word of God is for everybody.

Joyce Meyer

WomenGodMyselfMenMeThink

On September twentieth every year, I got to choose my menu - meatloaf, corn niblets, and rice were followed by candles on chocolate cake with vanilla icing and a scoop of Brock-Hall ice cream.

Donald Hall

CakeChocolateYearChooseIce Cream

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