James Howe Quotes
My family was always playing with words. It is little wonder that even after I got serious about writing, I've had a hard time getting serious about words.
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You get kind of bored being in catalogues all the time.
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I second-guess myself all the time. I make a decision and then wonder if I made the wrong choice.
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One of the first gardens I did outside the family was for the designer Hattie Carnegie. I was 23 then, and I went to her salon, but could not afford any of her dresses myself, though I loved them. Miss Carnegie suggested I do a garden in exchange for a coat and dress, and so I designed and planted a garden for her.
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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.
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I was doing those roles on ABC Family late in the year, and at the same time, I was auditioning for 'Galavant.' But 'Galavant' was quite a wide casting call. I wasn't recommended or anything. It just kind of happened.
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Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.
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I Sellotape whole tins of sardines to my face at night, attach two squeezed lemon rinds to my armadillo-skinned elbows, and put cucumber on my eyes. By the time I'm finished, I look like a fruit salad with added fish. In the morning, the pillow is pretty much a write-off.
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I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.
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First time I walked out on the Opry stage, Vince Gill was there. He kind of 'daddied' me through the whole thing. My knees were knocking. I walked out there, and I was literally shaking. They say it's the spirits or the ghosts. And out of respect for that whole establishment, I was really really nervous.
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The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
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I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the next and let my subconscious work on unraveling any plot problems from another story.
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My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.
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I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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We tried to approach this as though there's never been a Superman movie before, but at the same time respecting the canon and mythology. There are the pillars that you have to respect, and I'm not about to break them. But it is fun for me to bend them and mess with them.
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I see girls who are so skinny on the catwalks, and I know so many of them destroy their lives and their family's lives.
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Once upon a time all the men of mind and genius in the world became of one belief-that is to say, of no belief. But it wearied them to think that within a few years after their death many cults and systems and prognostications would be ascribed to them which they had never meditated nor intended. So they said to one another:
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Success for me its to raise happy, healthy human beings.
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My own tastes happen to be in tune with what the public wants. I think that's the reason my batting average is so high, not because I've discovered some brilliant formula.
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I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.
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My family was always playing with words. It is little wonder that even after I got serious about writing, I've had a hard time getting serious about words.
