Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
-
So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
-
I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.
-
It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
-
When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
-
If you're famous, you're not free.
-
There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
-
With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
-
You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
-
I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
-
You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.
-
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
-
The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
-
Only in your imagination can you revise.
-
I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
-
Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
-
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
-
The richer you are and the more financial advisers you employ, the less likelihood there is that you can ever discover what you are really worth.
-
Life is what happens when you're doing other things, right?
-
I 've lately had two spidersCrawling upon my startled hopes.Now though thy friendly hand has brush'd 'em from me,Yet still they crawl offensive to my eyes:I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.
-
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
-
I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
-
'Winner' is a commercial family entertainer with a strong emotional core. Teju couldn't hold back his tears after watching the movie. The horse race portions were mostly shot in Turkey.
-
Did I not come to you on my knees with a kingdom in my hand?
