Richard Matheson Quotes
I hope people are reading my work in the future. I hope I have done more than frightened a couple of generations. I hope I've inspired a few people one way or another.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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Whenever I dream about flying, it's the best feeling in the world.
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I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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It's just my natural way - to be funny. I don't know why that is. But as I've said, humor is a quick cover for shock, horror, confusion. The critics hate funny writers for the most part. They think funny is not serious, but I think that funny can be even more serious than nonfunny. And it can be more affecting, too.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
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Let us hope that for many it does mean the end of trouble so far as earning a livelihood is concerned, that it means happy and comfortable home living honestly earned. But there are other troubles ahead for her, and plenty of hard work.
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A library implies an act of faith.
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You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him. He remains connected to the people that he meets. That's the kind of guy he is, be they criminals, gangster rappers, mafia guys, art thieves, whoever it is, he nurtures those relationships.
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Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
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Apple has made this commitment that it's a green company. So how do you fulfill your commitment if you don't consider you have responsibility in your suppliers' pollution?
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Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Sojourner Truth, Dorothy Dix.
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The Sun never sets on the immense empire of Charles V.
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'20 million other white rappers emerge, but no matter how many fish in the sea, it'll be so empty without me!'
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I think I would explode in flames of irony if I were to option an idea that I was satirizing in a novel.
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Kansas City is just a great place. I love the fans.
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If I can feel freedom then I can create.
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Most people think that 'I don't recall' is a clever answer. But it isn't that clever. You might not recall that you had bacon and eggs for breakfast- but if you killed your mother, you'll remember it.
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A good part's a good part. You can play serious and funny moments with a well-written role.
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I hope people are reading my work in the future. I hope I have done more than frightened a couple of generations. I hope I've inspired a few people one way or another.
