Penn Jillette Quotes
The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.
Quotes to Explore
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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Number 4 should have been number 1. Thanks, Honey.
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A lot of what is publicized now is really pretty trivial stuff - you know, what I eat for breakfast, where I have my pedicures, questions that I just cannot for the life of me understand why someone would want to know that.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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Denial of childhood and denial of freedom are the biggest sins which humankind has been committing and perpetuating for ages.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre.
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Morrissey wrote a really gorgeous song for me. I'm crazy for that man. And he thinks I'm hip!
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I'm a hybrid, and I kind of like that. Raised by African parents, growing up I lived between Burkina Faso and Stains, a suburb just outside of Paris. In Stains, I had all the cultures in the world on my doorstep, and that opens up your mind.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.
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I try to go with the flow and have faith that everything is going to work out.
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I was a chatty kid.
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I think I belong to America's last generation of novelists. Novelists will come one by one from now on, not in seeming families, and will perhaps write only one or two novels, and let it go at that.
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Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future. You shall be warned of dangers and shall be guided through the whisperings of the Holy Spirit.
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The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
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The only secret of magic is that I'm willing to work harder on it than you think it's worth.
