Etgar Keret Quotes
I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.Etgar Keret
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I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.
Victoria Justice -
Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
Kate Forsyth -
Every era needs a genre through which it understands itself.
Victor LaValle -
I chase after inspiring stories.
Vera Farmiga -
I love the smell of a theater. The old rooms and the carpet and all that stuff. I love to tell stories. Even before I was doing music, I saw myself as a director. So most of my songs come in a play form, you know, where there are characters and stories, so I like to go beyond just the song sometimes.
R. Kelly -
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
Oscar Wilde
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Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.
Neil Diamond -
So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those stories in the future.
Cameron Crowe -
Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
Bette Midler -
The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done.
Flannery O'Connor -
And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.
Alan Rickman -
What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.
Allen Tate
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Do one small thing immediately - often this is all you need to do to get started.
Brian Tracy -
Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known (and have told us again and again): books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.
Umberto Eco -
In the Trump language, words change their meaning day by day depending on his own political needs.
E. J. Dionne -
I'm happy to be part of this chorus of people who are trying to tell more complex stories about Haiti.
Edwidge Danticat -
Many animal rescue organizations hit with a hard-core, heartbreaking message. Their videos and stories can become difficult for average people to watch. By taking a more positive, heartwarming approach to animal rescue, I've been able to engage people and keep them engaged for years. Instead of selling the agony and misery - and sadly, there is no shortage of that - I start with the happy endings. I work backwards so the first message they get is joy and success due to their involvement. Opening the mind with humor and joy gets the rescue message in that much deeper.
Elayne Boosler -
The basis of human rights is happy life. Everyone wants to lead a happy life for which we need to have a holistic approach.
Dalai Lama
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But she needs me more than she needs him and I guess being needed is almost as good as being loved. Maybe better.
Betty Smith -
I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
Bela Lugosi -
Now I certainly had no intention of lying on the form, but I was trying to think of a creative way to make homemaker sound more important. Then the thought struck me: I am more concerned about the opinion of the individual who will read this questionnaire than I am about the approval of the One who has called me to be a homemaker. I had succumbed to worldly thinking rather than viewing my profession as the Bible portrays it—a high calling from God.
Carolyn Mahaney -
I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
Rachel Weisz -
It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their aim.
A. N. Wilson -
I always have a story in my head that needs to be written, or at least I think I do. But I usually can't find the time to write it.
Etgar Keret