J. K. Simmons Quotes

Good material is good material.

J. K. Simmons

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 9, 1955

Topics

GoodMaterialGood Material

The danger with genre is playing genre instead of playing the honesty of what's going on.

Melanie Scrofano

HonestyPlayingDangerGoingGenre

A short story is the shortest distance between two points; a novel is the scenic route.

Robert J. Sawyer

StoryShortDistanceTwoRoute

I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.

Jeff Dunham

JobWifePeopleFreeBelieveLaugh

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

Stephen R. George

WritingHorrorStartedNovel

On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident.

Stormzy

LifeGoodI AmStepConfidentSay

I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over.

Rupert Friend

LifeWorkChallengeDayNew Things

My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum.

Mary MacLane

IntentionGoDesireWillNever

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

Mike Krzyzewski

GreatBasketballWinDoingNowLead

I've got to really try and manage my patience out there.

Jason Day

PatienceTryOutGotManageReally

As soon as I arrived in the Indies, in the first island which I found, I took some of the natives by force, in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts. And so it was that they soon understood us, and we them, either by speech or by signs, and they have been very serviceable.

Christopher Columbus

MeLearnSpeechInformationIsland

I feel like the more we speak for and support others, the less we'll have to worry about speaking for and supporting ourselves.

Brandon Victor Dixon

SupportSpeakFeelWorryOthers

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Percy Bysshe Shelley

NatureWinterSpringWindBehind

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