Ingmar Bergman Quotes
If you have a faith, if you've some deep conviction, whether you're a Nazi or a Communist or what the hell else you are - then you can sacrifice yourself and others to your faith. But from the moment you've no faith - from that moment you live in a deep inner confusion - from then on you're exposed to what Strindberg calls 'the powers'.
Quotes to Explore
-
I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
-
I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.
-
Another occupation might have been better.
-
I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
-
Katie Holmes is really amazing.
-
My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
-
In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber.
-
I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.
-
No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.
-
I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016, and the amount of planning is a revelation - borrowing from museums and collections all over the world.
-
I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me.
-
Home is where your rump rests.
-
I've had many incidents in my life of racism. I've been thrown on the ground. I've been frisked. I've been arrested so many times I couldn't tell you. I have no need to talk about it.
-
I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
-
I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
-
Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.
-
I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
-
I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.
-
No such thing as a Dixiecrat.
-
Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing.
-
Pubescent girls, it seems, are manifestly more likely to exhibit extreme and bizarre psychological symptoms than are teenage boys.
-
Entertainment is a great form of being able to tell a story and to spread a message.
-
It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs and using techniques that I knew about from rock performance.
-
If you have a faith, if you've some deep conviction, whether you're a Nazi or a Communist or what the hell else you are - then you can sacrifice yourself and others to your faith. But from the moment you've no faith - from that moment you live in a deep inner confusion - from then on you're exposed to what Strindberg calls 'the powers'.
