Jack L. Chalker Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
-
Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
-
Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
-
You can imagine, if somebody's approaching retirement, and all of a sudden the funds that he or she is depending on is depleted by 50% or however many, it gives them a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach.
-
I liked 'Scream of the Banshee' because it was a real challenge. I thought, 'How am I going to pull off this character?' But, I also thought, 'Oh, man, I'm going to go for it.' He's got all the defects of character that an actor loves to play. So, I had a really great time.
-
The dearest friend on earth is a mere shadow compared to Jesus Christ.
-
It's like everybody is shooting something, and everybody's a filmmaker; everybody can shoot a cat video and post it. So the big thing now is - for people that have talent and have something to say, and are creative, and are capable of making something good - is how do they get attention to it?
-
You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
-
Jose Mourinho is a big star... he's cool.
-
I like power and I like to use it.
-
I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
-
I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
-
George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed.
-
I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.
-
Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easier.
-
We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
-
One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
-
My people. I have given them a sense of individuality, integrity. I have not made them slaves of any god or any religion. Nor of any holy book or any priest. I have certainly not replaced their god. They are all a part of what I call my traveling circus.
-
Well I have a microphone and you don't so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!
-
I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
-
Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
-
Wow. Did I just write that? I didn't want who I am to come between us? How could I not have seen that?
-
I write novels and other things.
