- Remember
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I've written on public matters, but I don't understand how anyone could tout me as a possible poet laureate when I wrote a poem on the abdication of King Charles III or about the sex life of the Royals... anybody who knew my work would know I'm not a contender.
- Poetry
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my activity in the theatre, and even in writing poems, was a kind of retrospective aggro on the English teacher who wouldn't allow me to read poetry aloud.
- Mad
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Honours seem to be the nature of British life. It's horrible. Maybe I'm mad, but the older I get, the less I want to have honours loaded on me.
- Childhood
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's been an obsession with me from childhood, the horrors of the twentieth century.
- Poetry
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
For me, there is a paradox in poetry, which is like the paradox in tragedy. You have the most terrible subject, but it's in a form that is so sensually gratifying that it connects the surviving heart to the despairing intellect.
- Hate
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I hate being called poet/dramatist/translator/director. 'Poet' covers it all for me.
- Family
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Coming from a very inarticulate family made me try to speak for those who can't express themselves and created a need for articulation at its most ceremonial - poetry.
- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone kept telling me, Just be yourself. Be yourself. I kept thinking, there's got to be more to it than that!
- Family
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I got this call that they wanted me to join this cast. They called it a family show, and it thought that it would be similar to all family shows. I wasn't sure about this until I watched some tapes, and was amazed.
- People
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I love to cook and I know a lot of people watching love those segments, but so often they feel rushed to me. If we give 'em a bit more time to breathe, people will get more out of them.
- Night
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The joke I wanted to put into one of the promos for this new season, was to have a guy come up to me and say, Hey! Tony! I love your show, I've watched you every night since you started! And then I'd say, Ah! You're the one!
- Always
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
With the success of 'Spiderwick,' it's allowed me to be able to have the freedom to really be able to tell the stories that I really wanted to tell, that I've always wanted to tell.
- Who
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I want my stories to be understood and enjoyed by anyone, so I need 'beta-readers' who will tell me when the plot is working or not working, and when my writing is concise or vague.
- Book
- |
- Nov 07, 2020