David Frum Quotes
As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.
Quotes to Explore
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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Grandfather was an old-fashioned pharmacist who never ceased venting his resentment at the growing number of retail items the drugstore had to carry, and he would go into periods of fearful rage when the subject of chain stores was raised.
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Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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I think young generation is always better than last generation. No matter you like it or don't like it. My father said, 'Jack, I'm so good, you'll never be' - but I'm better than him. My father is better than my grandfather. My children will be better than us.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.
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The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.
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When it comes to relationships, I think I'm pretty experienced - you'd be surprised.
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The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.
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One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
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I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.
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I can't remove the autobiographical slant from the things I write. You always bring yourself into what you're writing.
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Nellie Kim, an Olympic champion from the former Soviet Union, got a 10 right after me in '76, but nobody talks about that.
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I admire those women who really knew who they were and didn't apologize for it. Katharine Hepburn? She was ahead of her time.
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Being solicited on LinkedIn is a real thing that happens.
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I still have nightmares about taking tests.
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One has to weigh all of one's values always in relative terms. On the upside, you get people who are not acting on their homosexual attraction, who are avoiding the sin of practicing homosexuality. On the downside, you have destroyed marriages, traumatized children, and dead people who have taken their own lives.
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You have to look for story. That's obvious. If that's not on the page, you can forget it. But I also read whatever character I'm being offered. And if you can cut them out without it affecting the story, then I say no straight away.
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As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.
