Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.

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• I love to cook. I could never give that up.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Up
  • Love
  • Never

• Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'

  

  Karin Slaughter
  • Book
  • Thought
  • Start

• There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Pain
  • Gratitude
  • Revenge

• I feel like we all have our skeletons.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Like
  • Feel
  • I Feel Like

• The entertainment industry is vast and is a reflection of the society we live in.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Live
  • Society
  • Reflection

• I enjoy building more than managing.

  

  Wayne Huizenga
  • Enjoy
  • Building
  • More

• Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.

  

  Pat Barker
  • World
  • War
  • First

• I was quite keen on silviculture, the growing of trees, and that was something I gave a lot of thought to. Maybe I could've gone in that direction. But it just so happened that while I was trying to make up my mind, I enrolled in art school, and there I began to develop my interest in music, parallel with my interest in the visual arts.

  

  Ian Anderson
  • Up
  • Music
  • Mind

• Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.

  

  Tariq Ali
  • Democracy
  • Enthusiasm

• Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.

  

  Danica Patrick
  • Believe
  • Learning
  • Moving

• The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'

  

  Karan Mahajan
  • Up
  • Music
  • Pressure

• I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Up
  • Wife
  • Morning

• Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

  

  Danai Gurira
  • Book
  • Day
  • Back

• I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.

  

  Yusef Komunyakaa
  • Hope
  • Black
  • See

• I guess I'm not really fond of just chit-chatting. I want to learn something and have an experience.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Experience
  • Want
  • Learn

• I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
  • Walking
  • Creative
  • Process

• Write what you like; there is no other rule.

  

  O. Henry
  • You
  • Like
  • Rule

• Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.

  

  Fay Godwin
  • Up
  • Look
  • Books

• We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press.

  

  Jimmy Wales
  • People

• Prayer is the preface to the book of Christian living; the text of the new life sermon; the girding on of the armor for battle; the pilgrim's preparation for his journey. It must be supplemented by action or it amounts to nothing.

  

  Austin Phelps
  • Life
  • Book
  • Action

• If a segment of one's force is located where it is not sufficiently busy with the enemy, or if the troops are on the march - that is, idle - while the enemy is fighting, then these forces are being managed uneconomically. In this sense they are being wasted, which is even worse than using them inappropriately.

  

  Carl von Clausewitz
  • Fighting
  • Enemy
  • March

• Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

  

  Charlotte Bronte
  • Christian
  • Consistency

• I just think a lot of movies are too long. I want to know how to make my movie as tight as possible.

  

  Jonathan Levine
  • Long
  • Movie

• Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
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