I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to… — Christopher Poole Copy Share Image
“Old beggars in stories are never really old beggars," Simmon said with a hint of accusation in his voice. "They're always a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you… — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
I'd always heard stories about how Harpo Marx was the most talkative of the Marx brothers. I found it interesting that someone… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
If you're trying to be realistic and bring real life to the screen, you are going to have different elements. That's what… — Takashi Miike Copy Share Image
You listen to my music, I'ma tell you how I'm feeling, the pain that I go through on a daily basis, my… — Rod Wave Copy Share Image
I think vigilantism is a pipe dream, because the larger need is for a justice system that works. Now, Batman cannot be… — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Some of the Tories say, 'She left school at 16, she doesn't have a university degree, what does she know about education?'… — Angela Rayner Copy Share Image
I always had a sketchbook with me when I was young. I was hiding behind it, basically, hiding behind drawing because I… — Robert Crumb Copy Share Image
What did a happy ending even mean in real life, anyway? In stories you simply said, 'They lived happily ever after,' and… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
It is essential to grasp the incontestable truth that a Marxist must take cognisance of real life, of the true facts of… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
It's like the iPod playlist has killed the way we think of the normal album, so let's think of this as just… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
I think we need to have stories about women that don't necessarily fit the trope of the classic woman, because they do… — Cristela Alonzo Copy Share Image
There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
In a traditional Western there's always the bravado, and it's almost like they're winking that they know they're in a Western -… — Ti West Copy Share Image
In real life, we do things out of character, constantly. A couple of days ago, my shoes were hurting, so I walked… — Allison Williams Copy Share Image
Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I made a boy's mistake, common enough, of thinking that real life was knowing many things and many people, living dangerously in… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
The truth is that we have to, as American citizens, stop thinking that this life that we're living, the things that we're… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts.… — Takeshi Kitano Copy Share Image
“This is a work of fiction. If certain characters resemble people in real life, it is because certain people in real life… — Fernando Del Paso Copy Share Image
Tulse Luper, who without too many confessions, in a sense, is a fictive version of me. I have to say he has… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
You really got people that you got to talk to every day, you got teams that you gotta work with every day.… — Young Dolph Copy Share Image
Being in L.A. has definitely given me the opportunity to experience how my music sounds in real life because I can drive… — Dave Sitek Copy Share Image
“What's remarkable about fiction is that it places you in the unusual position of having no trajectory. You stand aside, motives abandoned… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
The trouble with real life is that you don't know whether you're the hero or just some nice chap who gets bumped… — Sarah Caudwell Copy Share Image
I'm not really a person who loves things that are surreal or not grounded in real life or reality. I like that… — Pamela Adlon Copy Share Image
I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are… — Kelly Clarkson Copy Share Image
I am quite a positive man in real life. In fact, even when I have a hard discussion with somebody, it lasts… — Albert Serra Copy Share Image
We know that from the studies, like the Gilens and Page study out of Northwestern and Princeton, if you didn't know it… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Some of the best scenes in drama take almost no time - helping to illustrate that life-changing events in real life often… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
Now every idiot from high school's like, 'I'm back!' We weren't supposed to meet again. Stop poking me and inviting me to… — Amy Schumer Copy Share Image
“Do you think I'll ever have a real life?" "Define real." "You know... a job, a family, a house, stuff like that."… — Dianne Sylvan Copy Share Image
I don't go to conferences quite as much as I used to: having a child and movin away from the university leaves… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
I personally don't identify with the character of a man who suffers inferiority complex due to a difference in height with his… — Rajpal Yadav Copy Share Image
Guerrilla marketing requires you to comprehend every facet of marketing, experiment with many of them, winnow out the losers, double up on… — Jay Conrad Levinson Copy Share Image
“say, “Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
As the writer you are the puppet-master and can control everything. Believe me, that is a whole lot of fun because it… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
I was very serene, and I still am, until I start talking in another voice, then suddenly I have a lot of… — Kate McKinnon Copy Share Image
