E. T. Bell Quotes
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.
Quotes to Explore
-
I've been a novelist since 1995 and have had novels in and out of option, and watching that process just made me realize that I have to live by what I teach my students, because I teach screenwriting at Spellman.
-
I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.
-
I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.
-
I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.
-
My mom helped me get started when I was younger. I started with singing. An agent saw me singing on stage at the Palm Springs Festival, and recommended I get into acting, so I was like, 'Oh, okay.' I just started from there, singing and acting.
-
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
-
No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
-
Epic were adamant that I should carry on being me. They liked the way I look, my clothes, hats... nothing's changed really.
-
Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
-
I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
-
The biggest influence? I've had several at different times – but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.
-
I really don't have anything urgent to say, and I think you shouldn't write unless you have something urgent to say. Sometimes that troubles me, and sometimes I don't really care.
-
Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.
-
I have never felt anchored when it comes to fashion. I've always had to depend on a stylist helping me to figure it out.
-
I don't know how to be a rapper. I just know how to be me.
-
Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
-
There's not a blueprint for me to follow.
-
I got along with people very well at every job I had, people liked me and I liked them and I loved being on my feet.
-
You do not need proof for what people want to believe.
-
I thought, "Well, I'm writing about early childhood, so maybe it would make sense to write about late childhood as well, early adulthood." Those were my thoughts, and this was how this crazy book [Winter Journal] was composed. I've never seen a book with pictures like at the end, pictures related to things you've read before.
-
Euclid taught me that without assumptions there is no proof. Therefore, in any argument, examine the assumptions.
