My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're… — Katherine Heigl Copy Share Image
The fact is, for all the critics' talk about me as a realist, I'm making everything up - everything. It is all… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there. — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner. I've always liked fairy tales… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
President Hinckley is not only a living prophet but also a living seer. He sees things that others do not see. He… — David E. Sorensen Copy Share Image
There's evil in the world, all right. Being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
DAISY: I never knew you were such a realist-I thought you were more poetic. Where's your imagination? There are many sides to… — Eugene Ionesco Copy Share Image
Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. ... We never find out the strength of the evil… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You cannot prove realism to a complete sceptic or idealist; but you can show an honest man that he is not a… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Faith does not, in the realist, spring from the miracle but the miracle from faith. If the realist once believes, then he… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out. — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
“Some people are optimists. Some people are pessimists. I'm just a realist who believes that some things are worth fighting for.” — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Look at what realists have done for us. They have led us to war and climate change, poverty on an unimaginable scale,… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
I wish I had more control, more like Edgar Rice Burroughs had, but I'm a realist, too. I work in television. I… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
I think overtly political novels - those that never transcend or contest their author's conscious intentions and prejudices - are problematic. This… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
This is what we have all come to Cannes for: for something different, experimental, a tilting at windmills, a great big pole-vault… — Peter Bradshaw Copy Share Image
There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice… — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
I'm a realist about who really reads books and who acts like they read books. — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
