Frank Abagnale Quotes
Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.
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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
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Obviously, exercise is an important part of my life, and I think taking care of yourself is an important part of every individual's health care.
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I give the children education.
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I'm nearly blind. I can hardly see. But I'm taking some herbs. Something quacky.
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You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
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Everything I make starts very personally.
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What you've got to do is recognize that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do.
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I walked out of 'Harry and the Hendersons.' Harry bugged me; I don't know. Yeah, it's weird because I think Sasquatches are great, but not then. Maybe not that weekend - I don't know. I don't know what it was.
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I love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.
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The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
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They who drink beer will think beer.
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As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was.
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I have no connection with Hollywood. I'm not interested. I don't care.
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I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.
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Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense, a performance art, biography requires different skills - research and organization.
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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.
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I was an adventurer, and I got married a few times. I kept trying to find a relationship as good as my parents'.
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My mother would never let me in the kitchen. I always wanted to cook, but I was never allowed to. Her view of the world was, 'Cooking is my job, and studying is your job.' I think, in retrospect, she didn't like the chaos. She was very orderly. It had to be her way.
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The rare person is still interested in new advances when they are adults. There is possibly a correlation with intelligence. In any case, you have to be fairly bright to keep learning and changing attitudes as you get older.
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I have this long-running idea that the distinction between fiction and nonfiction is not just, 'Did it happen or didn't it happen?' It's one of form.
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I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II.
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Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there's a touch of class involved.
