I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.
I'll try a pagan friend, thought I, since Christian kindness has proved but hollow courtesy.
The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good." L. Frank Baum, The Emerald City of Oz, 1910
Okay, try this on for size, Tall, Dark and Handsome. I won't be born for almost seven hundred hundred years. How's that strike you?
I try to never look back at how I dressed in the first few seasons of 'Laguna Beach' because it was pretty bad... head-to-toe bad.
I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.
I'm not against the virtual world; it's fascinating, but I don't like the way they try to impose it on us. It's a thing imposed by rich countries.
I've had fish come up on stage, and it's pretty disgusting. I try and discourage that. I discourage anything flying up on stage, actually.
I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.
I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.
I say to those people who are desperately trying to get healthy, in those moments where you feel like you can't go any further, you can.
I worked probably 25 years by myself, just writing and working, not trying to publish much, not giving readings.
If you're from South London you feel like you're always trying to win people over, so perhaps that underdog passion comes through.
We're going to try to create some programs that are going to generate viewer interest and appointment viewing. We still will have news on Headline News.
I'm not trying to be coy here; we're just not prepared to give a lot of detail about our thinking, but we will be making some announcements in the coming months.
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done.
I don't have a grand master plan, but I try to be thoughtful when I can and also silly. It's part of the fun.
The last thing we would want is for our fans to feel that we're trying to find the 17th opportunity to sell them the same song.
Geologists don't do that! We go out in the field and observe, and then we can try to make a model with computerization; but it's not the first thing.
I'm enjoying the opportunity that 'Parks And Recreation' affords me to exploit my own soapbox agenda, which is to try to encourage people to make things with their hands.
Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.
