Sascha Altman DuBrul Quotes
Because this territory in my internal universe is continually shifting, I've learned to look for patterns and rhythms in the chaos that I can use as guides when I can't locate steady ground. So I make maps from my memories. I make my maps out of words and stories.
Quotes to Explore
-
I can paint in jail.
-
When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
-
I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.
-
To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
-
In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
-
I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
-
Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
-
For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
-
Mom worked as a school librarian, and she felt summers were for education.
-
DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
-
I'm constantly hydrating my hair.
-
'Villain' is such a harsh word.
-
I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16 and completely lost all my concentration for academics.
-
Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.
-
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
-
I love when I go to conventions, and often it'll be the younger kids who will refer to us by our character names - how can you not find that absolutely charming? I remember when I used to go to conventions when I was a kid when I would stand in long lines to get people's autograph.
-
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
-
One reason nearly half my books are for children is the glorious fact that the minds of children are still open to the living word; in the child, nightside and sunside are not yet separated; fantasy contains truths which cannot be stated in terms of proof.
-
Africa’s progress will depend on unleashing economic growth - not just for the few at the top, but for the many, because an essential element of dignity is being able to live a decent life. That begins with a job. And that requires trade and investment.
-
California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
-
I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece.
-
It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?
-
The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.
-
Because this territory in my internal universe is continually shifting, I've learned to look for patterns and rhythms in the chaos that I can use as guides when I can't locate steady ground. So I make maps from my memories. I make my maps out of words and stories.
