“It depressed me to think that I might have been looking at another person but seeing only myself.” — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
I think the best horror is often a metaphor or keys into people's real life paranoia. — Ti West Copy Share Image
“Metaphor themes reside below surface metaphors, but are not completely buried in our unconscious.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal the mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne.” — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
You have to put your own oxygen mask before you put on others... It's a good metaphor for parenting — Amanda Peet Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be a simile anymore,' I said. "I want to be a metaphor.” — China Miéville Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of plain writing. I hate metaphor-laden, heavily larded, lyrical writing. — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do… — John Green Copy Share Image
There's a metaphor Vincent Eades likes to use: "If you examine a butterfly according to the laws of aerodynamics, it shouldn't be… — Howard Schultz Copy Share Image
I explain at the parties that I believe knitting is a transformative and intriguing act that can change the life and brain… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
Now jamming - which is about collaborative improvisation - has to do with getting people together to be creative musically. But it… — John Kao Copy Share Image
Detroit is a metaphor for America, for America's challenges and America's opportunities. It is a hothouse for new innovation, for ingenuity and… — Darren Walker Copy Share Image
“I'm going to have to get an entirely new social scene if I want to avoid him,' she said, hunting for evidence… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
What draws me in is that a trip is a leap in the dark. It's like a metaphor for life. You set… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
I don't like seeing myself on television and I don't enjoy filming. What I actually enjoy is thinking about how I am… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
'Hedwig' is not autobiographical, but what she goes through is clearly a big metaphor. She doesn't want to be what she is,… — John Cameron Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Like the feeling of a carbonated beverage slipping down the throat, the bubbles rushing and popping as they make their descent, the… — Eda J. Vor Copy Share Image
Why aren't we looking at the causes of breast cancer? Why aren't we spending our energy on looking at what we're doing… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters… — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
For myself, the only way I know how to make a book is to construct it like a collage: a bit of… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done, cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Science fiction - and the correct shortcut is 'sf' - uses actual scientific facts or theories for the source ideas or framework… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his… — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux Copy Share Image
