Erykah Badu (Erica Abi Wrigh) Quotes
From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.
Quotes to Explore
-
If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
-
I don't think I have a signature.
-
I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
-
I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
-
Anything you're interested in the world - whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee shop - they're on Twitter and broadcasting what is interesting to them.
-
We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
-
Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
-
I've got ten pairs of trainers. That's one for every day of the week.
-
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.
-
After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
-
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
-
One of the rules of the road is that if you want to create the sense of silence, it frequently has more pungency if you include the tiniest of sounds. By manipulating what you hear and how you hear it and what other things you don't hear, you can not only help tell the story, you can help the audience get into the mind of the character.
-
You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
-
There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
-
The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
-
Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle.
-
I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
-
'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.
-
There was a point I felt like everyone was heading in that direction of 'How can we be darker than 'Breaking Bad?'
-
I've always wanted to make a record.
-
I used to write in a local coffee shop, but there was another guy, another writer, who kept sitting in my favorite seat. I would show up, and he would be there, and I would get exiled to a couch or something, and it would throw me off my game.
-
How wise are they that are but fools in love!
-
People need love. It’s the most powerful emotion in the world.
-
From then on, I realized this is what I want to do, what I'm supposed to do: Giving energy and receiving it back through applause. I love it. That's my world. I love it. I enjoy it. I live for it.
