Jim Rash Quotes
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.
Quotes to Explore
-
I talk every day about doing the right thing.
-
I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
-
I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
-
I'm learning as I go. I don't know everything. I never had anybody to look at, nobody ever taught me, and where I'm from I didn't have any famous role models.
-
Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
-
If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
-
Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
-
I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
-
You realize, no matter how great, books are not shows or movies; each operates on their own different rules. 'Game of Thrones' is no different. Being forced to come up with those scenes on short notice helped how we were viewing the show and forcing it to come into its own.
-
'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
-
I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.
-
If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
-
The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.
-
My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
-
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a good job at beating myself up at sometimes. I don't drink anymore but my alcoholic head occasionally says different. 'Nil By Mouth' was a love letter to my father because I needed to resolve some issues in order to be able to forgive him.
-
There is no truly global justice.
-
I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
-
It seems to me there is a change in what audiences want to see. I can only hope that's correct, because there's an awful lot of people of my age around now and we outnumber the others.
-
A woman with organizing skills can run a construction company without ever picking up a hammer and nail.
-
Harry, just go down to the lake tomorrow, right, stick your head in, yell at the merpeople to give back whatever they’ve nicked, and see if they chuck it out. Best you can do, mate.
-
The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for the good of the nation, for the good of humanity, and recognizes the qualities he has and what he can do within his own limitations. He cannot do, and should not attempt to do, the impossible, but he should not fail to attempt something that might be extremely difficult and may be possible.
-
Considering the wealth of poetic drama that has come down to us from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, it is surprising that so little of any value has been added since.
-
All the music that I play today, I actually heard either at home or in my neighborhood when I was growing up in the '40s and '50s.
-
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.
