In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.
'The Authority,' by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch, really pioneered the widescreen, action-packed style of storytelling.
Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?
If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.
You can find all types of men anywhere, but a smart man will always make you feel important and understood. And a woman can always tell when a man does it genuinely and effortlessly.
In 1795, I sent him another letter, telling him, that danger still stood before us, and that the truth of what I had written in 1792 was to be proved by 12 men.
Ordell Robbie: And let me tell you something about my lawyer. This brother's name is Stassen Gowens.
What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.
The over-representation of Wall Street banks in senior government positions sends a bad message. It tells people that one - and only one - point of view will dominate economic policymaking.
Itzhak Stern: By law I have to tell you, sir, I'm a Jew. Oskar Schindler: Well, I'm a German, so there we are.
Cindy: ...I found Megan. Dean: How many times did I tell you to lock the fucking gate?
Randy: Hey Paul, tell us a joke! Paul: Fuck. Damn. Go to Hell. Ass.
I tell all the rookies that come into our series and all the young drivers they can come ask me anything at any time, and we'll give them the straight shoot.
At the time of 'Words, Words, Words,' I'm a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he's entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks of the world, so that's inherently a little bit ridiculous.
I can't tell you the thrill and joy of when I was cast in my first Broadway show. Granted, it was 'Starlight Express' and it was exhausting, but it was my first time on Broadway, and there was nothing like it.
I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same time as telling the story.
One could see that what you are writing was that today's meeting with President Bill Clinton was going to be a disaster. Now, for the first time, I can tell you that you are a disaster.
Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.
If you ask me if I think I will be sober in 24 hours time I can say yes, but in two years I can't tell you. I could be dead.
This is the time it all starts, I'm telling you. Like, 16, I mean, forget it. You could just get beat up, you could go through these grueling schedules.
After a crisis we tell ourselves we understand why it happened and maintain the illusion that the world is understandable. In fact, we should accept the world is incomprehensible much of the time.
