In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
“This morning, I see the lead in my glass tumbler. A slim, bright glint, a silverfish. I feel it collecting in my… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
I found very early on when I became a hip-hop artist that I loved telling stories. Actually, when I was trying to… — Ben Drew Copy Share Image
Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom. — I. A. Richards Copy Share Image
The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot… — Aharon Appelfeld Copy Share Image
Maybe we need more dialogue in terms of our faith, in terms of those who are believers, or even nonbelievers, about that… — Joseph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Let me take up your metaphor. Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat or violence or accident, may… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Hughes' debut novel, At Dawn, follows a former All-American wrestler, and is there any better metaphor for contemporary American life? We're all… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
“There comes a time in a man's life, if he is unlucky and leads a full life, when he has a secret… — John O'Hara Copy Share Image
Your body is the ground metaphor of your life, the expression of your existence... So many of us are not in our… — Gabrielle Roth Copy Share Image
Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the… — Peter Cochrane Copy Share Image
“Our wings were clipped, our restrictions were made, our boundaries were tested but now we are free, aren’t we? We look above… — Jennifer Gilmour Copy Share Image
There is no metaphor for death. All comparisons are odious, but I'll do one anyway. We all have these moments of harsh… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Geography is the key, the crucial accident of birth. A piece of protein could be a snail, a sea lion, or a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness is never condoning the terrible act; it is severing hatred's tumour bloodline for self-preservation. Only by refusing this amputation does the… — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
Everything becomes agitated. Ideas quick-march into motion like battalions of a grand army to its legendary fighting ground, and the battle rages.… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“In the morning, when she walked to the consulate, carefully watching her sandals on the pavement, she glanced up and saw a… — Craig Raine Copy Share Image
Technically I've improved - I might turn a metaphor in five words now, where years ago, it would have taken me a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love. That is no metaphor, but the actual truth. Love does not cling… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
“Long before they had ever met, I think this destiny awaited them. They were not like ships passing in the night. It… — Gen Urobuchi Copy Share Image
You can make a global film, which affects so many countries and affects sort of this worldwide epidemic, but it has, zombies… — Marc Forster Copy Share Image
I am always coming up with architectural metaphors when I think about writing. But I think one of the things that draw… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Journeys become very good metaphors. They always have the character put into circumstances that reveal him. If I had based my characters… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
It's like dance is a metaphor for going beyond where you think you can go. — Jennifer Grey Copy Share Image
