Kerry Greenwood Quotes
I don't steal stories. If I'm a plagiarist, so is Hitchcock. And Tolkien. And Shakespeare.
Quotes to Explore
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned.
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I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.
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I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
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I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.
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If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the bottom of their soul, it can be a bit annoying.
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Even if the coverage is leaning toward you or whatever it may be, there's ways to beat it.
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Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.
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There's been a progression in my sound.
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Writing is a way of living. It doesn't quite matter that there are too many books for the number of readers in the world to read them. It's a way of being alive for the writer.
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This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008
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In fact, safety has no place anywhere. Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. Horse races, for instance, are very dangerous. But attempt to design a safe horse and the result is a cow (an appalling animal to watch at the trotters.) And everything that isn't fun is dangerous too. It is impossible to be alive and safe.
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It is with literature as with law or empire - an established name is an estate in tenure, or a throne in possession.
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Eu não vi o mar.Não sei se o mar é bonito.Não sei se ele é bravo.O mar não me importa.Eu vi a lagoa.A lagoa, sim.A lagoa é grandee calma também.Na chuva de coresda tarde que explode,a lagoa brilha.A lagoa se pintade todas as cores.Eu não vi o mar.Eu vi a lagoa...
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If what you own cannot be protected, you own nothing.
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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
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What is freedom? There is no such thing as absolute freedom!
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Love always creates, it never destroys. In this lies man's only promise.
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In view of such harmony in the cosmos which I, with my limited human mind, am able to recognise, there are yet people who say there is no God. But what makes me really angry is that they quote me for support of such views.
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I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.
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Well, it's more of a sane life to be part of an ensemble! I find that the work can be more specific too and I have to really make sure I know where I am in the story because I'm not in every scene.
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I don't steal stories. If I'm a plagiarist, so is Hitchcock. And Tolkien. And Shakespeare.
