Joanne Rowling Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think 'North by Northwest' and 'Rope' and Rear Window' and 'Psycho' are on my list of favorite all time movies. I just think his kind of command as a director was almost unparalleled, and I feel like in certain ways the sort of character-based thriller owes more to Hitchcock than anyone.
-
I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.
-
A bowler is his own captain. I know what needs to be done, what the ball is doing. If you don't know where you are going to bowl and where you think the batsman will hit, then how can you tell the captain what you want? You are the judge.
-
I just enjoy being onstage and relating to the audience.
-
Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
-
I'm a bit of a 'Throny,' as I think the 'Game of Thrones' fans refer to themselves.
-
I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
-
Anyone who says they want to make a game that becomes a cult classic is kinda screwy, right? I mean, you want to reach the largest audience you can.
-
Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
-
I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.
-
I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
-
A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
-
I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
-
The basic idea for what became 'Epic Mickey' began at the Disney Think Tank.
-
I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
-
I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.
-
I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
-
I throw as hard as I can when I think I have to throw as hard as I can.
-
I was watching 'Deal or No Deal' on YouTube recently, and I bawled when the contestant won £250,000. I think I just like watching people achieve their dreams.
-
You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'
-
I have no patience with up-themselves authors who complain about having to trail round a few bookshops signing stock.
-
I am uncomfortable talking about the things that I write. It seems unseemly to me. I have no problem at all when I see anybody else talking about the same project, but I feel my work should speak for itself.
-
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge.
-
I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
