Zach Anner Quotes
People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
Quotes to Explore
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While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt.
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By the end of high school, I would do shows at the theater at night and then take the train home and go to school the next morning.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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It's good to have a leader, otherwise we argue too much.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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I feel like I work on scripts for comedy as well as dramatic stuff the same.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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My experience has offered me the sensibility that encourages me to try newer characters.
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In Hawaii, if you're invited to dinner, it's assumed that the children are invited as well. On the islands, no one treats children like they're not part of the conversation. People talk to children as people and include them in adventures and conversations.
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Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!
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I would have played street cop number three if it meant getting to work with Chris Nolan.
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When I say that I went to grad school in Iowa City, people often assume that I went to the famed writers' workshop MFA program at the University of Iowa. I didn't. I got a master's in journalism.
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He was nothing but a deep abyss of want, and only she could fill him.
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People tend to treat people with disabilities sort of like they're aliens from another planet. It doesn't come from a bad place; it comes from a place of, 'I have no idea what this disability entails, and I don't want to offend anyone or make them feel awful.'
