Doris Lessing Quotes
Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew.
Quotes to Explore
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Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.
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Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.
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As in any technological revolution, there will be winners and losers. On balance, everyone will come out ahead, although there will be particular companies that will not be able to cope with a new environment.
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I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything.
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The thing I learned from 'Pride and Glory' is that people like to feel a little better leaving the theater than they did coming in.
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I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.
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Spirituality is a growth industry. And nothing illustrates that better than the burgeoning crop of colossal sanctuaries sprouting up in suburbs across the land.
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They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind.
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I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different.
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Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.
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If you have children, you worry about the world you're leaving them.
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I definitely want to continue acting and performing.
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And I think that George Bush really is a very godly person.
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.
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I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.
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I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different.
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There is a specter haunting Europe, the specter of Communism.
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Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.
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The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.
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British Israelites: The British Israelites believe the white Anglo-Saxons of Britain to be descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel deported by Sargon of Assyria on the fall of Sumeria in 721 B.C. ... They further believe that the future can be foretold by the measurements of the Great Pyramid, which probably means it will be big and yellow and in the hand of the Arabs. They also believe that if you sleep with your head under the pillow a fairy will come and take all your teeth.
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Whenever I met anyone who knew anything, I would bore them stiff until they told me what they knew.
