Peter Greenaway Quotes
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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I read a lot of poetry, and I love what it does with language. I love music, too, and I think there's probably no coincidence there, that the rhythm of the words is almost as important as the words themselves, and when you can get the two working together, which usually takes me about 20 goes, I feel a huge satisfaction.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
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We all serve a purpose. My purpose isn't to be rejected. My purpose isn't to think small or to be introverted. This door closed is literally pushing me to the next door.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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Charlie Finley has soured my stomach for baseball.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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When there were first rumors of us going after LeBron, some fans wondered how we could do that after all that happened. But after the 'Sports Illustrated' letter, every fan is thrilled to have him back. That was so heartfelt.
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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
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When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling, because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.
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I want to carry on modelling for years to come.
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A fondness for satire indicates a mind pleased with irritating others; for myself, I never could find amusement in killing flies.
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These are hard times. The world hurts. We live in fear and forget to walk with hope. But hope has not forgotten you. So ask it to dinner. It's probably hungry and would appreciate the invitation.
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The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.
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Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.
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As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a maternity ward.
