I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.
Because you believed I was capable of behaving decently, I did.
If you expect me to believe that a lawyer wrote , I must be dafter than I look.
A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.
I'm not a New Age person, but I do believe in meditation, and for that reason I've always liked the Buddhist religion. When I've been to Japan, I've been to Buddhist temples and meditated, and I found that rewarding.
I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age.
I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
Even when I see a beautiful woman, I think, 'Aw, her life must be amazing.' Everyone does it. That's human nature to believe that beauty is everything.
The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial and imaginative energy that's put into mediocrity is just amazing which I find to be fundamentally offensive as a human being.
I truly believe the art's larger than the artist. Who cares about John Steinbeck? I care about the Joad family.
The very best way I can make any reader believe in the nuts and bolts of an art form... is to know the mechanics, to make the characters grounded in convincing detail.
Honestly, I don't believe in menswear. I focus on what pieces are most timeless, transcendent, match my lifestyle, remain remarkable, and command intriguing attention across the room at an art gallery.
The Weinsteins believe in test screenings. I don't. I don't think good films are made that way. Call me crazy, but I'd like to think you need a singular vision to make good art.
I knew that (job) had to be a humbling role for my dad, but he never allowed it to become humiliating work.
She (his future wife) was so deep into the Lord's presence that I felt like an outsider.
We choose and make our heroes from what we have read, heard and believed in.
I want to believe there's a God. Because I sure as hell know there's a devil.
I also hold very strong personal convictions about censorship. I don't believe in forbidden knowledge.
You don't believe in miracles." "Sure I do. I just haven't seen any lately.
What I truly believe, I will achieve.
