Nikki Grimes Quotes

I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me.

Nikki Grimes

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I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.

Natalie Wood
- Movie
- Water
- Seems
I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.

Octavia Spencer
- Character
- Really
- Longer
I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.

Oliver Sim The xx
- Music
- Never
- Bedroom
'Smallville' is like a Domino's pizza. While you're eating, you're thinking, 'This is good, and it reminds me of pizza, but there's not enough flavor in each bite.' That's the feeling you have the entire time with 'Smallville' - that it's just about to be good, but it never is.

Ira Glass
- Time
- Good
- Thinking
We have this incredible ability to communicate with each other. I want to play around with it, see what this mass audience is really capable of.

Ze Frank
- Want
- Play
- Capable
Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay.

Pam Grier
- People
- Today
- Sex