E. L. James Quotes

I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.

E. L. James

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

LifeWorkMy LifeTelevisionMovies

Comedy can be a little brutal, but not in a satisfying way.

Jenny Slate

ComedyWayLittleBrutalSatisfying

Anyone who wants bookstores to survive is portrayed as a Luddite who goes around smashing up Kindles.

John Connolly

SurviveUpWhoWantsAroundGoes

The devil's voice is sweet to hear.

Stephen King

SweetVoiceDevilHear

It's important for us as a family to go and sit in the woods sometimes.

Stella McCartney

FamilyWoodsGoImportantSometimes

My parents are professors; they're intellectual. I spent a lot of time reading books. To me, everyone always looks like they do in your imagination. And in my imagination, the characters always looked like me.

Shonda Rhimes

TimeImaginationParentsMeReading

The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.

Tom Courtenay

StarsBusinessInterestingLongMore

There is nothing that comes without working for it.

Roberto Firmino

NothingWithoutWorking

It's great that I can look up a fact instantly on my cellphone, but I miss the days in my room with a dog-eared, text-heavy paperback, immersed in the statistics of crime and punishment and lunacy, completely alone with the narrative of human depravity.

Russell Smith

AloneGreatLookStatisticsI Can

I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.

Mike Huckabee

SnowGodDangerousPersonNever

In a way it was like washing your laundry in public and, yep, there you go, you've seen my underwear. And now I feel like there's nothing left, you've seen it all and I can get on.

Jude Law

FeelYouI CanLaundryGoNothing

My children did not go through a stage of being rude to their parents. I'm sorry if that sounds incredible.

Judith Martin

ChildrenParentsSorryGoRude

I've never related to the work geek at all-it sounds much more horrible than nerd. Like a freak biting a chicken's head off in a sideshow.

Jonathan Lethem

WorkChickenMoreNeverFreakHead

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by E. L. James