John le Carre Quotes
Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
Quotes to Explore
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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There came a point in time when Michael was under a great deal of pressure to alter the film in a way that was just disturbing to him. I had not seen the movie, yet. He phoned me in July of '92 to look at his version.
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I sing around the house, in the shower.
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I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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Lots of girls marry at 16 in Tennessee.
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One of my favorite guys when I was young... I've always loved Bill Cosby. I've always wanted to direct him in something.
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Always carry a corkscrew and the wine shall provide itself.
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All the media are horrible.
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I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive.
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I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.
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Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our leaders cannot agree on the numbers, if 'facts' are fictional, how can they possibly have a substantive debate on solutions?
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I do get around. Geographically, that is.
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Active management leads to lots of poor investor behavior. It sends people chasing after whoever has the hot hand at the moment.
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My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don't want to stay inside for fear they'll go crazy.
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One time, a burglar came to my apartment, so we called the police. My son was here, so I think they left before they tried to steal something. So the police come to my apartment, and they say, 'Oh my God, did they steal everything?' I was like, 'No, it was like that!'
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I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.
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Becoming a mother has been the best experience of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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I started as a teenager going up on commercials.
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Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from money, is applied to the breeding of money because the offspring resembles the parent. Wherefore of all modes of getting wealth this is the most unnatural.
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We always stayed true to what the Ramones are.
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I think it's perfectly consistent to say that I want my government to be operating for all faiths and all peoples, including atheists and agnostics, while also insisting that there are values tha tinform my politics that are appropriate to talk about.
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Years ago when I first started being a big star I had fans that were fanatical. It was when "Jolene" was a big hit.
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Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.
