Life Quotes

Mum and Dad split up when I was nine. We upped and moved from London to Sussex, and suddenly I went from an urban life to nothing in the countryside - with a new father and new life.

Sam Taylor-Johnson
- Up
- Father
- Dad
I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.

Sam Taylor-Johnson

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.

W. H. Auden
- May
- Man
- Action
Even if it happened in real life - and oftentimes, especially if it happened in real life - it might not work in fiction.

Rachel Kushner
- Life
- Work
- Real
"I've been around a long time, and life still has a whole lot of surprises for me."

Hank Williams
- Time
- Long
- Surprises
Form is, in a way, death. A novelist's obligation is to break free from the form, even though he knows that this will also be seen as artificial and distanced from life.

Karl Ove Knausgaard
- Life
- Death
- Free
Brad [Pitt] and I have never wanted our kids to be actors. We've never talked about it. But, we also want them to be around film and be a part of mommy and daddy's life, and for it not to be kept from it either. We just want them to have a good, healthy relationship with it.

Angelina Jolie
- Good
- Kids
- Relationship
My reward in life for growing up a little bit was that Mary Steenburgen came into my life, and we have been together for 19 years.

Ted Danson
- Up
- Together
- Growing