P. G. Wodehouse Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Hamas says in its charter they want to see a world without Israel. They want to obliterate Israel.
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I don't want the news to be patriotic. I don't want to see flags on the lapels of the anchors. I don't want any of that.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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When the needs of one person are being met by the other, there is laughter.
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The Southern borders of Bavaria are being protected by Hungary.
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Being in water makes me relax instantly.
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I would love to see young writers come out of college and know there is a possibility to be a novelist.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
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It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.
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You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me.
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We who grew up with 'drop and cover' drills know all too well what wonders science can bring us, and we like to see the guy in the white lab coat suffer a little. Or a lot.
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Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts.
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Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it.
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Some kids spent their allowance going to see 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'; I spent mine on a great-looking lamp I'd found at the flea market and a ceramic bowl from a neighborhood garage sale.
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I tend to see my characters from inside and outside at once; this is a technique I use to retain a slight distance. It means my characters can act in unexpected ways on two axes: physical and mental. It isn't just, 'I thought this and then I did this,' which is the technique of the modern psychological novel.
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To call a work of art Kitsch is to condemn it for being bad art. But there is a great deal of bad art that we do not condemn as Kitsch. To condemn something as Kitsch is to condemn it on moral grounds.
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I'm the kind of person that responds strongly to a challenge.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
