Naomi Benaron Quotes
When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.
Quotes to Explore
-
I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
-
I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
-
This is what we get paid to do, is to bring it every week, and I hope the guys would say I bring it every week. I mean, I love this game, and I bring energy.
-
We could have gone with much bigger labels and more money, but we wanted to go with a company that is LA based, all in the same building, and really understands what the artists want.
-
I hope to work till I'm an old lady.
-
People believe what they want to believe.
-
When I watch cop shows, I really enjoy them because you can really follow the story and get involved, and the characters are always really interesting.
-
I'm supporting the charities that I supported during my lifetime, and I want to continue to do that.
-
This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
-
For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith, But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.
-
I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
-
I want to direct every now and then, but I don't want to be a director.
-
What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.
-
I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
-
Just watching Jack Lemmon made me want to get into this business.
-
Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward.
-
I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
-
We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.
-
The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.
-
But in the meantime I became accustomed to the writing life and it would be hard to change now - partly because of the salary cut if I went to my other love, teaching; and partly because I still have stories to tell, even though it isn't all that fun doing the work anymore.
-
Finding specialty food items was a bit of a challenge in Asia in the early days of getting the Mozza's up and running. Everything is built on relationships, and when you start somewhere new, it takes time to develop that. Staffing can also present challenges.
-
I can't point to anything that has been more responsible for my career than my training.
-
The church which is not a missionary church will be a missing church when Jesus comes.
-
When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.
