“The truth is that The Wild One -- despite an admittedly fictional treatment -- was an inspired piece of film journalism. Instead… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
I write about life as it exists within houses and on the streets. And there's nothing, hopefully, in any of my characterizations… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
“I once read the sentence 'I lay awake all night with a toothache, thinking about the toothache an about lying awake.' That's… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“The villains were always ugly in books and movies. Necessarily so, it seemed. Because if they were attractive—if their looks matched their… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures. — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
“Falling in love is like holding a candle. Initially it lightens up the world around you. Then it starts melting and hurt… — Syed Arshad Copy Share Image
Most of the jokes that I wrote were funny and there always seems to be an aspect of comedy in my long-form… — Victor Levin Copy Share Image
More than ever now, I believe it's so important to look as real and true to life as possible, because nobody's perfect.… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing to ever do is to reveal the naked soul to the world. However, in doing so brings healing, growth,… — H.E. Olsen Copy Share Image
“... if you have the strength to complain, you have the strength to do something about it.” — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay,… — Mehcad Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm just a dreamer turned true to life leaner. Born to do good so others can be believers. — Kid Cudi Copy Share Image
Philip Glass, like [Virginia] Woolf, is more interested in that which continues than he is in that which begins, climaxes, and ends...… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“We're so concerned with the idea of what we ought to be that we fail to take into account the things that… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Just … isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m going to stop trying’?” — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“The one I felt and still feel most is lack of time. I used to have time to think, to reflect, my… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. — Max Frisch Copy Share Image
“Memory is a great servant, but really bad master. When memory plays its role as a master, it limits our choices. It… — Ika Natassa Copy Share Image
“There are few things more discomfiting than a spontaneous outburst of genuine decency from someone you’re determined to dislike for no good… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
“That’s true to life. Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery’s shadow or reflection: the fact that you don’t… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to… — Corin Nemec Copy Share Image
“What matters is that you live for something you believe in and not live in fear for something you do not.” — Lauren Lee Merewether Copy Share Image
The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“[F]or in this queer world of ours, fatherly and motherly hearts often beat warm and wise in the breasts of bachelor uncles… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image