- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Never Quotes
Quotes on what never happens.
This page gathers quotes centered on absence and limits - books that stayed unpublished, and a pointed line arguing that secrecy is fundamentally undesirable, merely tolerated when unavoidable. Related reading includes Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never considered stand-up. Luckily I'm given great lines to say. I'm not sure how great my timing would be if I actually had to come up with my own jokes.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
No matter how successful you get in Hollywood, you cannot rest. Your new movie doesn't open well; they're looking for the next person to replace you; it's always something. You never have true peace.
- Nov 07, 2020
I had never seen anyone edit the way that I edit before I did it, and it’s just what felt right to me.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose lives are more grueling than mine.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never felt fully able to sustain myself because I've run out of money many, many times, and it's been scary.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to be disappointing. So I worked really hard, but at the time it suited me, because I didn't do very much else.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had friends at school, but I was never part of a gang and I dreamed of that sense of belonging to a group. You know, where people would call me 'Em' and shout across the bar, 'Em, what are you drinking?' after the show.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never really get to play a character who's my own age. I kind of look a little bit younger for my age.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wear pants in my life. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss wearing pants. For the first time in my life, I miss my pants.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020