I don't speak cockney and I don't pretend to come from that part of the world. For the longest time the English,… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course -… — Simon Mawer Copy Share Image
I know some photographs that are extraodrinary in their power and conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial… — Ansel Adams Copy Share Image
As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character's side for it to be convincing. — Josh Hartnett Copy Share Image
When I said that something was going to cost a certain amount of money, I actually knew what I was talking about.… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
And the most interesting natural structure? A giant, two-thousand-mile-long fish in orbit around Jupiter, according to a reliable report in the Weekly… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
If you really look at the numbers at the entertainment industry, in comparison to the small number of Scientologists that are celebrities,… — Leah Remini Copy Share Image
There were also the razor marks on her wrists and forearms, half a dozen per arm, not very deep, not very convincing… — Geoff Nicholson Copy Share Image
I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell… — Jenny Eclair Copy Share Image
Insights into erotic life belong to art, not education. But sometimes these have to be spelled out for the illiterates. And it… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
An author describing the methods of intensive farming, or the excesses of sport hunting, or even the harsher uses of animals in… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the… — Jonathan LaPaglia Copy Share Image
Convincing isn't really possible in an age of customer control. Customers hold most of the cards today. They have good visibility into… — Marty Neumeier Copy Share Image
Revision has its own peculiar pleasures and its own peculiar frustrations. The ground rules are already established; the characters already exist. You… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
She would have colored gracefully with embarrassment had she not possessed the complexion of one of those “heathen Italians,” as her mother… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
After convincing myself that was maybe you should at least help out your neighborhood, I really started to think about it later… — Rick Danko Copy Share Image
Obama still has work to do with the vision thing. Convincing voters that he has a credible, practical plan to turn the… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
Instead of convincing people who are opposed to your message, spend your time finding people who are already predisposed to it. — Chris Guillebeau Copy Share Image
My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
