- Myself
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- 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
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer sunscreen makes me feel like I'm getting supersonic protection because I am so, so pale and need all the help I can get!
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wondered how people would take me being a country music singer. I thought about deviating from that and singing other things. But... it doesn't really make sense for me to try to be something that I'm not.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into an argument with my original publisher. They wanted me to do 'Kitty' and nothing else. I wanted to do lots of things, not just 'Kitty' books.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
When aspiring writers ask me about how they should target their writing, I tell them to pay no attention to that kind of thing. It will restrict you. You will end up falling into stereotypes in an effort to tailor your work toward a perceived genre category.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you sell yourself short before you even start, you'll never know how far you could have gone. Ambition is a wonderful thing and has gotten me farther than I ever thought I'd go.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grand Central really didn't want me doing anything under my own name but the 'Kitty' novels.
- Nov 07, 2020
After 'The Matrix,' I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize me.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I shoplifted. I was about five years old, and I took a candy from a store. We paid for three of them, but I took four, and I went home and cried. My mom took me back, and I paid for the missing piece.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't believe in being typecast. If I believed it, it probably would have happened to me. You attract what you make.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Where it gets clear for me about the privacy issue is with my kids because they didn't choose this kind of life. I'm an incredibly open person, though - I'll tell anyone anything.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I did the first 'Matrix,' after it came out, I had a woman come up to me and just thank me for Trinity because she was an action writer. She said she was getting really good opportunities now.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
That first year after a child, I kind of just hunker down at home - I surrender to that side of me. I don't try to get my body back or be in the world; I go the opposite way.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been attracted to sci-fi per se. People tell me I'm in a genre kind of movie, but it never crossed my mind that 'The Matrix' was genre.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's never a surprise to me that a job that I'm doing reflects what I'm going through or what I'm thinking about.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020