Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Patrick deWitt Quotes

I kept trying to write these books that were sort of outside of my realm, and I kept failing.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: canadian
Birth: 1975

Topics

Trying Write Outside Books Failing

I guess if I had to put it into a single phrase, the moral of the Frank stories is that the hammer never really falls.

Moral Never Single Hammer Stories

I don't know if Gary Johnson is out there doing a campaign, actually. I think he's talking to press a little bit, but I don't think they hold events.

Think Doing Talking Know Events Out

When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Life Great Think Sleeping Complain

Some actors, they have to carry this macho, very masculine element to them, but it's difficult for me to understand that.

Me Understand Difficult Carry Macho

I know people who've had a nose job, and they've walked out feeling a million dollars, and their confidence is tenfold. Good on them! Natural beauty comes in all different shapes and sizes, but if you think surgery would right something you have a problem with, then why shouldn't you do it?

Good Beauty Confidence Job People

Our enemy, the devil, wants to control us, and his target is our will. The main way he tries to influence our will is through lying to us.

Influence Control Devil Target Enemy

I can't work with my brother without laughing.

Work Brother Without Laughing

I've taught people in improv classes, then watched them move to Los Angeles to become Emmy winners and movie stars. That experience, for anyone wondering, is both super exciting and also makes you put a microscope on your own life choices. It causes you to question why you still perform stand-up in so many Brooklyn basements.

Life Stars Experience People Choices

I've done panel shows, which I enjoy, and on those you're recording half-an-hour of TV and sometimes they film for two hours. But with 'Britain's Got Talent,' you're on camera for eight hours, with a large theatre audience watching - and in between you're being filmed for ITV2 as you eat your lunch.

Talent Lunch Theatre Camera Enjoy

The white pump is the new nude heel.

White New Pump Heel

Our feeling is that the most important thing on a set is that actors have enough confidence to try different things. If there's stress or tension, they won't go out on a limb because they won't want to embarrass themselves if they don't feel completely comfortable.

Confidence Stress Feel Enough Want

When I was younger, I was always a musician that could play by ear better than I could analytically.

Better Play Always Ear Than Younger

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Patrick deWitt