Frankie J. Alvarez Quotes
I can't point to my work and say, 'This is my work.' My work lives in me, so when people criticize my work, they're also criticizing me. It's really hard to sort of divorce that sensitivity.
Quotes to Explore
-
Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
-
It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
-
I don't think I've ever sent a text to Gordon Brown because I'm confident that he would absolutely have no idea how to receive it. He barely managed to master WordPerfect 4.1.
-
Sometimes I try a Mai Tai. It's so fruity. It's a little embarrassing, but I like it.
-
How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
-
Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.
-
It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
-
Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
-
I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
-
Well, yes, as I was a rather bad actor then and I wasn't making enough money, I thought, to make enough money to not make money as an actor, I'd better do some writing.
-
The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'
-
Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
-
Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
-
For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
-
I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
-
I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.
-
The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.
-
I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.
-
The middle of the road is a poor place to walk. It is a poor place to drive. It is a poor place to live.
-
Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.
-
My idea of putting the city on is giving inspiration to others to want to put themselves on. You should never depend on someone else to put you on. I used to do that, and it didn't get me anywhere.
-
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
-
I can't point to my work and say, 'This is my work.' My work lives in me, so when people criticize my work, they're also criticizing me. It's really hard to sort of divorce that sensitivity.
