Scott Westerfeld Quotes
Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.
Quotes to Explore
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As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.
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If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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I'm really interested in playing my age.
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It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
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To win a championship, you have to have a little bit of luck on your side.
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I want people to tell me the truth.
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I will not claim I will solve all the world's problems by myself. If I did, I'd have to run as a Republican or a Democrat.
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The more choices we give patients affected by depression, the better we will serve them.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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I don't know that I could play a complete and total mess. After awhile, I think I would be like, 'No, none of that!'
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I went out to Charing Cross to see Major General Harrison hanged, drawn, and quartered; which was done there, he looking as cheerful as any man could in that condition.
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The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative.
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I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing poems at that point only because a friend of mine dared me to write a poem. And I took the dare because I was convinced that I couldn't write a good poem... And then it actually wasn't so bad.
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The luxury we have when we do a series is that we go through a long journey, and it keeps a lot of information and things to be revealed.
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As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy.
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I grew up with music very much in my life. I achieved success by combining my training as an accountant with my family upbringing and love of music.
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Glasgow is certainly a place where they will tell you if they don't think you are anything special.
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I used to play chess when I was a kid and participate in national-level tournaments with the geekiest guys. This one time, I was losing terribly, so I batted my eyelashes and flirted as I asked for a draw. My dad just couldn't believe it. He thought, 'What have I created, a floozy?' But it worked!
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The complexity embedded in the different levels of meaning that go along with the words "I love you" ought to be a whole mindfuck of a video game
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You cannot imagine the wild enthusiasm that these two men created in Vienna. Newspapers went into raptures over each new waltz, and innumerable articles appeared about Lanner and Strauss.
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It's always interesting when you're doing things yourself - getting the lighting, getting everybody together. It's exciting.
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Some characters need to be more performance-orientated; some, you have to be still.
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Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.
