I believe that one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that in order to create the universal, you must… — Lorraine Hansberry Copy Share Image
I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the… — Bruno Dumont Copy Share Image
As I age in the world it will rise and spread, and be for this place horizon and orison, the voice of… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Pardon me, not to sound elitist, but I wanted to put something together that I would enjoy. I thought at that time,… — Bill Goldberg Copy Share Image
I admit that living in Nigeria sounds romantic, but Africa isn't America by a long shot. It's a different world and a… — Esther Rolle Copy Share Image
I work out of my home studio that I built in this warehouse in Philadelphia. I've kind of curated it for my… — Gus Dapperton Copy Share Image
I'm starting to think my narrators' sentences are getting too big for them, and they are getting to sound a bit samey… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
Giving up my scotch? My Macallan 18? That was hard for me! Though now that doesn't even sound good, being pregnant. You… — Jessica Simpson Copy Share Image
Beware of any belief that makes you self-indulgent; it came from the pit, no matter how beautiful it sounds. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing the Legislature… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
My ears were full. Nothing more, not one more sound, could push into them and be registered. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I've never heard anything Wynton [Marsalis] played sound like it meant anything at all. Wynton has no voice and no presence. His… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable. A blackness to hurt your ears with listening. Often he… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Louis Kelso's formula sounds like Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The whole theory sounds crazy. But, then, one may recall, they said all… — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
It's always time to evolve and grow as an artist, so I'm not rushing to jump into another sound or rushing to… — Ice Spice Copy Share Image
If you stick with one sound and one way of working, how will you ever progress? — MO Copy Share Image
I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
The ear is profound, whereas the eye is frivolous, too easily satisfied. The ear is active, imaginative, whereas the eye is passive.… — Robert Bresson Copy Share Image
“I paid the taxi driver, got out with my suitcase, surveyed my surroundings, and just as I was turning to ask the… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
The things that keep me awake at night are things like textures and instrumentation and plotting out what things are going to… — Ariel Pink Copy Share Image
The way to beat Luke," he said. "If I'm right, it's the only way you'll stand a chance." I took a deep… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The dripping blood our only drink, The bloody flesh our only food: In spite of which we like to think That we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
I'm working pretty slowly these days, but most of what it is, or a lot of what it is anyway, is kind… — King Khan Copy Share Image
In Russia no one is surprised when an official accepts a bribe while at the same time portraying the state as some… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
A truly extraordinary work: vivid, passionate and utterly compelling. The Sound of One Hand Clapping is raw as a wound. It opens… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
Life is infinitely complex, and I feel like we live in a culture that really seems to want to simplify it into… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
There is nothing as precious to man as a sound mind in a sound body and it is essential that the physical… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
History teaches us that, whatever we say, racists will always distort the words of mainstream politicians to make themselves sound more respectable. — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
On the mainland, a rain was falling. The famous Seattle rain. The thin, gray rain that toadstools love. The persistent rain that… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I pride myself on having a really authentic music sound: no gimmicks, just my vocals. — Rotimi Copy Share Image
The act of surrendering sort of puts me in a different mindset that allows me to be more of a channel -… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
I worked on a case in Pittsburgh that you would call a demonic haunting. Blood would materialize on the walls, crosses were… — Ryan Buell Copy Share Image
Other animals can make sounds, and sounds can indicate pleasure and pain. But language, a distinctly human capacity, isn´t just for registering… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Directors who have inspired me include Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, lngmar Bergman, John Ford, Orson Welles, Werner Herzog, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock,… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in space in pictures. I think my going deaf increased my spatial sense, because I can't get the… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
I do not know to whom the aphorism 'There are no sound studies, only ones that haven't been busted yet' belongs, but… — Mark Dvoretsky Copy Share Image
I make a vegan baked ziti. And even though that doesn't sound enjoyable, it really is. — Lea Michele Copy Share Image