Bonnie Friedman Quotes
Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences.
Quotes to Explore
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I don't have a great instrument. I don't have the kind of ungodly control over my voice and body that great actors have. And I've worked with enough great actors to know that I'm not one.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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I've been very ill. You just have to trust the Lord.
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My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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New synthetic substances - steel, concrete, glass - are actively superseding the traditional raw materials of construction.
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That's the reality of my life - I do normal things and then get to go to film festivals and wear borrowed clothes and turn up at premieres and talk about things I am passionate about. But then you click back to normality and your family and friends.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor.
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Frenemies are worse than enemies, and it's not just in the workplace.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our society, but in the bigger picture, it is ultimately about freedom. We are living in a time where public space has become a commodity for corporations to control and dictate what is seen and heard.
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I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather than a hat.
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People think that child-support enforcement benefits children, but it doesn't.
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Accepting people as they are has the miraculous effect of helping them improve. Acceptance doesn't prohibit growth; rather, it fosters it.
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New Year's resolutions work like this: you think of something you enjoy doing and then resolve to stop doing it.
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In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.
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The ideal set-up would be the story man, the director, and the layout man, as well as musician, operating as a sort of story unit. They all should be keenly interested in the picture. No one in person should donate to an extent where he would keep the others from entering into the production and freely expressing themselves.
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Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences.
