Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
-
'Star Wars' was, I mean, it was the first time I remember seeing three movies that all kind of went together. It was just an amazing final understanding of what a trilogy was.
-
Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans.
-
I'm constitutionally incapable of working on planes or trains, and airports are definitely out.
-
I like to discover new things.
-
Our entire film fraternity should be proud of 'Baahubali.' These are the kind of films that are not made very often.
-
I have chosen to keep my personal life separate from my music, as the two are exclusive from each other, and I want to remain that way. I'll talk music, production, writing songs, touring with anyone but keep religion, politics and world affairs off the table, as my expertise is in songs and music.
-
What matters in literature in the end is surely the idiosyncratic, the individual, the flavor or the color of a particular human suffering.
-
When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
-
I think the physical comedy in action sequences is fantastic. Like, '21 Jump Street' did a great job with that.
-
I'd love to drive a Bugatti - something totally ridiculous but super fast.
-
I'm not one of these million-dollar actors. I have always been just a working actor. I probably work more than I would like to.
-
My therapist would be so happy to know I'm doing all this walking. They've done a great job of putting me back together, haven't they?
-
I wasn't into sports, but I was really into Shakespeare.
-
The mind is the effect, not the cause.
-
When I come home and I'm tired from filming all day, I expect her to be there and make sure everything is cool for me. You know, like drawing my bath and helping me into bed.
-
In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and the conditions on how the performances are given and how they're edited and so forth.
-
I want to meet everybody on 'Disney Channel' and 'Disney XD' that are alive.
-
Under each station of the real, another glimmers.
-
It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.
-
Part of my heritage being Korean, it's going to be interesting going to Korea and answering these questions dealing with North and South Korea.
-
I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
-
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?
-
It's not so bad, my darling. Being dead. It's like being alive, only colder.
