Ann Turner Quotes
I don't sit down in front of my computer screen and think, 'Right. Today I shall begin a story set in this or that period of history.' I just get ideas from the world around me.
Quotes to Explore
-
I was brought up with beautiful music - Nat King Cole and Glen Miller from my dad, and my mum loved Judy Garland and Doris Day - brilliant stuff. Through my brothers and sisters I heard David Bowie and The Specials, The Carpenters, Meatloaf and The Rolling Stones.
-
We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
-
It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
-
Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
-
If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
-
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
-
People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
-
It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
-
If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
-
I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
-
Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
-
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
-
Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
-
Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.
-
I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
-
I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
-
This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
-
Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
-
I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.
-
He has a plan for everybody here and it's all a matter of whether you answer it when He calls you.
-
I met this woman, I fell in love with her, and I'm a public figure.
-
I don't sit down in front of my computer screen and think, 'Right. Today I shall begin a story set in this or that period of history.' I just get ideas from the world around me.
