Louis Sachar Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
-
I always point out to my Passover guests that the Hebrews were not living in isolation. They were at the crossroads of several great, elaborate cultures with their own mythology and religion and art and architecture and cultural belief. In fact, so many of the mythologies of the world describe the same events, just from different points of view.
-
The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
-
Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.
-
I have a wonderful husband, and we have had a great life.
-
You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
-
Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
-
Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
-
I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
-
As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department.
-
Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.
-
I hate all the terrorists in the world, whatever the purpose of their struggle. However, I support every active civil revolt against any occupation, and Israel, too, is among the despicable occupiers. Such revolt is both more just and more effective, and it does not extinguish one's spark of humanity.
-
I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
-
One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
-
I'm a capitalist. I believe that people take risk, and there are rewards if they do well; they should lose if they don't.
-
I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.
-
I think that I've had a very strange life.
-
When you're editing, you're putting it together in a way that makes sense metaphysically. You're not inventing it, but you're finding the story that's there. You're making a play that's eventually going to go on stage and present itself to an audience. You want to show what happened, not exactly what you have evidence of happening.
-
I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey.
-
Singing is something that I'm always happy to do it and going in the studio I never felt any pressure. I just feel like I get to sing, you know. It's fun.
-
I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.
-
You need a reason to be angry. You don't need a reason to be happy.
