Oliver Gaspirtz Quotes
Just because everyone CAN publish a book these days, doesn't mean everyone SHOULD. The world doesn't need 1000 knock-offs of 50 Shades of Grey. I'm not so sure the world even needed ONE 50 Shades of Grey.
Quotes to Explore
-
The use of slave women as day workers naturally broke up or made impossible the normal Negro home, and this and the slave code led to a development of which the South was really ashamed and which it often denied, and yet perfectly evident: the raising of slaves in the Border slave states for systematic sale on the commercialized cotton plantations.
-
I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
-
Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
-
The student will try to defy the master. Always.
-
Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
-
The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
-
I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
-
I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
-
I have this theory that people in Hollywood don't read. They read 'Vanity Fair' and then consider themselves terribly well read. I think I can basically write about anybody without getting caught.
-
Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
-
I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
-
Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
-
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
-
I think 'The Walking Dead' is very interestingly paced. It's slow, almost like an old Western. It's also very stylised - visually, I think it's very pretty. It's more of a psychological drama than anything else.
-
One SF prediction that I would like very much to see: Get solar collectors launched to beam energy back home, and get away from fossil fuels.
-
I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
-
In Europe we could do it, if we fly as soon as the event is over.
-
I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.
-
Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.
-
Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.
-
I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.
-
If you aren't please tell me how you are going to not have a war.
-
Some people say the things I do are annoying because I'm intentionally trying too hard to be relatable, but I'm really not.
-
Just because everyone CAN publish a book these days, doesn't mean everyone SHOULD. The world doesn't need 1000 knock-offs of 50 Shades of Grey. I'm not so sure the world even needed ONE 50 Shades of Grey.
