James Laughlin Quotes
I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.
Quotes to Explore
-
Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
-
In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
-
I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.
-
Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
-
I had a lot of time to think, and that is not good for your mind. And when it actually happened, it was not so much a celebration but the relief. It was an exorcism anxiety. After each race there is a procedure in which you get taken off to the podium and the TV interviews.
-
I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
-
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
-
I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.
-
It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
-
Part of what made 'The Bling Ring' such a fun, freeing experience was that we got to wear these really over-the-top clothes we'd never pick in real life - like for the nightclub scenes, we'd have on these really short, really tight dresses. But you know what - I actually learned how to walk in heels on that set!
-
I feel like my competition is everything else that's competing for people's attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It's your kid's report card and the games you want to play, all the things that compete for people's time.
-
I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
-
'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story.
-
The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.
-
It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight.
-
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
-
Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.
-
I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the 'Pink Panther' theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.
-
Le dessin n'est pas la forme, il est la manière de voir la forme.
-
In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
-
My best asset is my brain. Without my brain, I don't think the rest of me would be too hot.
-
I'm what you call a good, old-fashioned working actor who has had delusions of grandeur for my entire career and has known what I want to do, but there's a lot going on out there. There are a lot fewer films being made, and there's a lot of competition.
-
I used to read a lot of fashion magazines: my favourite was 'Nylon.' I used to cut out all the pictures from magazines, and I had this book where I would keep all of the stuff that inspired me.
-
I think there's no excuse for the American poetry reader not knowing a good deal about what is going on in the rest of the world.
