I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful.
The qualities of an exceptional cook are akin to those of a successful tightrope walker: an abiding passion for the task, courage to go out on a limb and an impeccable sense of balance.
I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule.
Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.
Mum doesn't like it when I mention that Dad's a better cook than her. He was born in Spain and spent eight years in Portugal and is exceptional at lots of cuisines.
Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!
I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.
Remember that history always repeats itself. Every great bubble in history has broken. There are no exceptions.
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.
There are writers who say they have no social responsibility except to write a good book, but that doesn't satisfy me.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
'Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live in fear of deportation, and they worry about their future.
Except for a God who sits down after the universe begins, all other gods conflict with the assumptions of science.
What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?
I have no TV, thank God. I haven't heard anything about Tom Cruise, except that he had a baby, I think.
I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply.
After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.
