Sometimes I might go too far with the pretentious references, which I might not do again. But when you're writing, you're sitting… — John Michael McDonagh Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul....it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
If we wanted to make it the way I imagined I knew that we would have to wake up earlier and start… — Luc Besson Copy Share Image
“Heresy is usually quite sophisticated, actually has a meaning, and is to be taken very seriously. It is therefore to be carefully… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it's not… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
Strip is the power. I'm ready to strip... I think everyone is. In that I'm saying I think everyone is ready to… — Truth Hurts Copy Share Image
Of all the everyday plants of the earth, grass is the least pretentious and the most important to mankind. It clothes the… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
Maybe that sounds a bit pretentious, but I think life experience is always more important than technical knowledge. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
In the numbing hands of pretentious filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, history does not repeat itself in any way whatsoever. — Rex Reed Copy Share Image
A more complex - but only slightly more original - way to feel out of it is available at the hip and… — Merrill Markoe Copy Share Image
The greatest sin is appearing naive or old-fashioned so that somebody can give you a sort of a very cool arch smile… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I don't do interviews at home any more because my wife doesn't like having her taste in interiors put through the mill.… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them. — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
I think that live music is really pretentious - all of it. I hate festivals and live shows, because as soon as… — Willis Earl Beal Copy Share Image
I feel like this thing [that] we're rocking back and forth like we're stuck in a snow bank and we all sort… — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
There's not much longevity in music today. It's so easy to go in, put some pretentious lyrics on, with people saying the… — Patti LaBelle Copy Share Image
I love driving at Monaco but the rest of it, well, I can absolutely take it or leave it. It's extremely pretentious… — Mark Webber Copy Share Image
I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious… — Imogen Poots Copy Share Image
I want to write songs with complete sentences. I almos have this obsession with short-changing words. I would never be so pretentious… — Ben Gibbard Copy Share Image
It's not like changing one word with my lyrics is going to make them more intelligible or relatable. I was always very… — Paul Banks Copy Share Image