Nora Raleigh Baskin Quotes
When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.
Quotes to Explore
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My works look to how images are produced, but specially based upon how the material reacts.
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I had a lot of energy, and my mom decided to look for a place where I can spend the energy, because I was jumping on the couch and furniture, and I was jumping on the top of the things in the house.
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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
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In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.
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If you look closely at 'Breaking Bad' and any given episode of 'The X Files,' you will realise the structure is exactly the same.
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Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
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If I see someone doing a new sport, I usually like to throw myself into it, and I never look at it and think, 'That's something I can't do.'
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And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume!
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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It's too bad I'm not a flirt. When I'm on the sets, I'm too busy working on my scenes to look at the ladies.
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Life's a bit like mountaineering - never look down.
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The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
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What you do on a dinosaur expedition is you hike and look at the ground. You find bones sticking out of the dirt and, once you see something, you dig.
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I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
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The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.
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A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
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My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys.
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Everyone is my teacher. Some I seek. Some I subconsciously attract. Often I learn simply by observing others. Some may be completely unaware that I’m learning from them, yet I bow deeply in gratitude.
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When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all.
