- Evil
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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
- Brother
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was allergic to milk as a child. My older brother would always get a big glass and drink it in front of me all the time.
- Forest
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The nicest part of the prize, perhaps, is the effect on my friends and family. Each of them feels proud and happy to have the relationship with me that they do. In a way, it's as though they received an award too, and I like that very much.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I've managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
They've also asked me now to start on another series that we're gonna do after this Frontier Earth. But it's not science fiction, it's more in the Mystery and Crime division and that's another area I'm very interested in.
- Not Interested
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not interested in making a $60-million studio film with a bunch of 24-year-olds telling me what to do.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I'm travelling toward light.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to be more of a novel writer. In fact, some of my novels started out as short stories, and I just got carried away! I think some of my best writing is in the short story form, but novels come more naturally to me.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020