Harper Lee Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I'm very content.
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I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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I want the BBC to be a mass market public service broadcaster still funded by the licence fee... and the licence fee is more durable than many people in the commercial sector believe.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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Make it absolutely clear to yourself what you want from other people. That is really half the secret for drawing your desire to you in the shortest possible time and with the least amount of effort.
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It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years.
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Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
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I love '30 Rock.' It's one of my favorite shows. It's certainly the gold standard of comedy writing.
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I remember sitting in on meetings where everyone in the room was twice as old as I was.
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I'm just happy to be doing a job that I love.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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We can ask ourselves why we invent God, and then, ten minutes later, we invent Satan - why? Because we need him; there's something fascinating about the other side of the coin.
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Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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My awkward stage extended well into high school.
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It's a constant challenge trying to find balance between styling, designing and being a mom.
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I curse in everyday life, but usually when I stub my toe. The topics I'm discussing, it's not necessary to curse. I found [cursing] is a sign that a joke is not finished or well-written.
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I always wake up 10 minutes before I have to be anywhere.
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Decisions are never easy. If they were easy, they wouldn't be called decisions.
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Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, 'Children's Letters to God.' You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, 'Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.'
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Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
