As far as visual artists, I find inspiration in Henri Rousseau, who painted amazing, dream-like junglescapes without ever leaving France, and who… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don't want things just to be pat and formulaic. If… — Miranda Richardson Copy Share Image
Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
It used to be the one or the other, right? You were the 'bad girl' or the 'good girl' or the 'bad… — Annette Bening Copy Share Image
It's true that the original idea was mine, but what you see today is the work of probably tens of thousands of… — Jack Kilby Copy Share Image
I really love young Tom Hanks. He's just one of my favorites. He's a great, quirky every-man. I also love Zach Braff.… — Jake Epstein Copy Share Image
I was born and brought up in the countryside. I used to live in a sort of converted stables on the grounds… — Sam Heughan Copy Share Image
I used to do stop motion in my own garage and Claymation and all that stuff. That led to doing backgrounds and… — Robert Stromberg Copy Share Image
You learn different things through fiction. Historians are always making a plot about how certain things came to happen. Whereas a novelist… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
My first horror film was - well, I don't know. 'Bless the Child' is sort of genre, but 'May' was such a… — Angela Bettis Copy Share Image
I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have… — Jerry Jeff Walker Copy Share Image
I love school, but when I was going to school, I sort of used it as an opportunity to figure out what… — Christa B. Allen Copy Share Image
I missed Britain. I'm from here and I never aspired to go to L.A. - it sort of happened by default. I… — Ashley Jensen Copy Share Image
Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity… — Elizabeth Price Copy Share Image
Success is a wonderful thing, but it tends not to be the sort of experience that we learn from. We enjoy it;… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
What's great about making movies is the sort of additive process of bringing people together and having an idea and watching the… — Laura Ziskin Copy Share Image
I can put together a pretty decent meal from whatever happens to be in the refrigerator and the pantry. I like the… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
When I wasn't working I didn't know what to do with myself and sort of didn't exist, in a way, when I… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
Once you're sort of pigeonholed into something, it's quite difficult to get out of it. I have no aversion to playing a… — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
Half of acting is you're very intimidated, overcoming your fears, letting yourself be vulnerable in front of people and that sort of… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
I love action and I love doing my own stunts. I love that sort of thing. — Serinda Swan Copy Share Image
I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they… — Donald McKay Copy Share Image
