Ransom Riggs Quotes
I have an unusual hobby: I collect pictures of people I don't know. It started when I was a kid growing up in South Florida, the land of junk stores, garage sales, and flea markets, as a kind of coping mechanism.
Quotes to Explore
-
Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
-
I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.
-
I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.
-
Something like 'The Matrix' would be ideal, something where it's super agents and wire work and special effects - not necessarily running from bombs and shooting people. Something more sleek, like an assassin.
-
Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
-
When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
-
When I'm in the U.K. – and I'm here more than people would think – I tend to keep a very low profile.
-
I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.
-
I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people were talking smack. Every era in history has someone talking smack. No way you can have talent and not proclaim your victory.
-
As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
-
I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
-
The military community in particular, I think, could always be more supported, especially people who are being processed out of the military and trying to readjust to being civilians.
-
I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation.
-
I have no control over people's perceptions of me at all and that's one of the things I decided very early on is that I can't control the way other people think of me. All I can do, especially when it comes to my career is go out there and do cool unique kinds of things.
-
I've always been a big advocate of making shows affordable because a lot of these bottle-service clubs and events are geared toward really expensive experiences. Club music is for everyone, and it drives me crazy that people are getting priced out.
-
I find it odd that people will go to a nice restaurant or to the theater in jeans and T-shirts.
-
People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with.
-
I played with Annika today. I love being paired with her. She does not make many mental mistakes, and she has the ability to repeat her swing over and over and wears people down.
-
I never want to set a belief that a woman has to direct a woman's film, meaning she can't direct a man's film. If only films can be directed by people who are exactly the same as that, it's only gonna limit all of the women more.
-
Most people want to be seen or heard. You want to shine. That's my way of shining.
-
There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', that were made into movies. And I love those movies as much as I love the books. That's really rare.
-
I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble and then chip away to find the figure in it.
-
I have an unusual hobby: I collect pictures of people I don't know. It started when I was a kid growing up in South Florida, the land of junk stores, garage sales, and flea markets, as a kind of coping mechanism.
