Merle Shain Quotes
The people in your life are like the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, and sometimes they lean on you. Sometimes it's enough to know they are standing by.
Quotes to Explore
-
It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
-
Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
-
The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
-
Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
-
Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
-
There's a molecule inside of you that is connected to everything - every person, every energy, every thing. You look for it, and when you find it, then you allow it to magnify and grow and be the dominating chemistry inside of you.
-
I played cello in my high school orchestra.
-
There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
-
When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
-
I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
-
Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
-
If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
-
When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
-
When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
-
I'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
-
I try to avoid describing one interpretation of my books. Of course I have an opinion. I have things I want to say, but I don't ever want to limit anybody, to have them say, 'Oh, he said this, so that's what it's about.' I'm happy people bring their own stuff to it.
-
Winning our fans' approval will come from all of us doing the right things for the right reasons, me included.
-
To make a successful film from a successful play is probably much more difficult than making one from scratch, just as any carpenter will tell you that it is more difficult to restore an old house than to build a comparable new one.
-
People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
-
I grew up in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. At the time I was growing up with my father - before it was gentrified - it was a very rough neighborhood. He felt that if I got into or started embracing the rap culture, I would be one step closer to being on the streets.
-
People sometimes ask who I would cast in my books and I never have any idea. I don't think I could ever write a book thinking of it as a movie the whole time. This would be like building a house and filling it with furniture just so you could have blueprints.
-
You can put art experiences in different parts of the community where people who are shopping can take a break or explore an adjacent historical neighborhood unique to the city.
-
The people in your life are like the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, and sometimes they lean on you. Sometimes it's enough to know they are standing by.
