Gene Wolfe Quotes
Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.
Quotes to Explore
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I am healthy and happy.
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If you're not kind, then you won't be attractive to me personally because that spirit shines through and makes people attractive.
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Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
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I really appreciate people like Rosie coming out and saying I've inspired them.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people wanted to see something new on television.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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As an actor, I want to build a career as an actor. It's hard to even get a job sometimes, so as my career builds, I can be more picky than I used to be.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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All peoples are entangled in the net of the world market.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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I don't know anybody who said, 'I love that teacher, he or she gave a really good homework set,' or 'Boy, that was the best class I ever took because those exams were awesome.' That's not what people want to talk about. It's not what influences people in one profession or another.
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Who doesn't know about Bollywood? After all, we churn out movies in such great quantities every year! People across the globe know Shekhar Kapur.
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If you can sing to a room of 60 people who don't give a damn, then if, someday, you're playing to people who really want to hear your music, that's not hard.
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The fact is that we like each other very much, and we of course see each other on stage all the time, but this means more time to spend together, and that's great. We couldn't be happier.
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I have often been asked how I came to write. The best answer is that I needed the money. When I started I was 35 and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted.
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Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.
