One could get locked in by the Pulitzer, thinking, 'This is who I am.' Doors open with it, but doors in your mind could close.
I bought the Heartbreak Hotel, on my own with no investors. Closed it down and opened the Fuck You, Get Over It bed and breakfast.
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
I discovered that close to half the planet is 'pristine.' We live in towns such as London, Paris or Sao Paulo and have the impression that all the pristine areas are gone, but they are not.
I grip very close to the butt of the racket. This allows me to get a lot of wrist action to create more spin and whip.
Painting is as close as a person can get to actually capturing the heat of the moment.
You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading... and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.
There's nothing like living a little close to the edge that gets you motivated to ensure that you get the credentials you need to succeed.
There are certain things I will automate, but when it comes to quality control, I want to keep a very close eye.
As the new endogenous growth theory suggests, TFP growth is closely related to accumulation of the intangible capitals, such as human capital and research and development.
There's nothing I like better than going to my apartment, closing the door, cooking my little dinner for one and just tuning out. My apartment really is my haven. It's a nest where I go to heal.
There's several different forms of executive privilege. The one that is most absolute would be close advisers talking to the president himself.
I volunteered to deploy to Iraq. I was one of the few soldiers who were not on the mandatory deployment roster - close to 3,000 Hawaii soldiers were.
Always trust your instinct! If you just close your eyes, talk to God and listen you can always hear the truth
Ridley was like a beautiful snake - you couldn't let her get close without the risk of being bitten.
If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.
It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed.
I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination.
There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.
I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing.
