Jakob Dylan Quotes
When you're in the middle of writing a song, you can come up with this whole web of stuff only you know how to get through. That's very entertaining for me to do that.
Quotes to Explore
-
Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
-
I don't think anybody thinks they're bad, just in life, in general.
-
I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
-
To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
-
I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
-
I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
-
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
-
In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
-
If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
-
I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
-
The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
-
Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
-
One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.
-
My 'Big Bang Theory' costar Johnny Galecki went off the grid. He bought a huge ranch and goes there every weekend. He keeps telling me to do the same thing, but I don't know if I'm that committed. The Valley is as far off the grid as I'm going to go.
-
I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
-
I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
-
And now I have a big house, nice clothes and I travel in first class and I love it, so maybe it's time to enjoy being a star.
-
I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
-
The reason why men do not look to the Church today is that she has destroyed her own influence by compromise.
-
I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. It's like rock n' roll here. Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.
-
I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.
-
I did a lot of small black-box theater in New York when I was starting out. I'd get a group of actors together to do workshops and readings. And I ended up directing three or four productions.
-
When you're in the middle of writing a song, you can come up with this whole web of stuff only you know how to get through. That's very entertaining for me to do that.
