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I just love entertaining. I will do anything - stand-up comedy, video games, fencing, internet shorts - I just want to keep being lucky enough to entertain people anyway I can. I try never to limit my art to a medium.

Matthew Gray Gubler

While I was trying to save money to go to the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Australia I ended up getting all of this experience which meant that by the time I had enough money in the bank to go to school I didn't really need to go to school a...

Russell Crowe

Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut...

Salman Rushdie

I think poor poetry writing skills are excused when you’re simply trying to flush out emotions.

22 and Single: A Coming of Age Story...in Progress

We’re all trying to come to terms with our mortality. Well, except for me, because I plan to live forever through the miracle of cloning.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

It will get easier each time, I think. I hope. I just have to keep trying.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

You’re sure you didn’t leave? Didn’t try to explore Thunder Bay again, maybe go down to the park and, I don’t know, dismember some poor jogger?

Anna Dressed in Blood

He does not require that we live a perfect life. He only requires that we try to live as He wills. The only way to fail Him is by giving up.

An Amish Family Christmas

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes....

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

I could now see her the way she actually is and not in the distorted way my mind presented her to me when I was trying to find a reason to reject her and move on

As Always, Dave

Life is way too short, so try to enjoy every minute of it with a sense of humor!

Are We Normal? Funny True Stories from an Everyday Family

Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, So men against their will Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.

Agamemnon

Daddy is trying really fugging hard to think of a not-terrifying reason why you'd wake Daddy up in the middle of the night to ask that fugging question. But no. No. Daddy does not have a match or a lighter.

An Abundance of Katherines

I know from my own experience that suicide is not what it seems. Too easy to try to piece together the fragmented life. The spirit torn in bits so that the body follows.

Art and Lies

Someone who is determinedly trying to show God how good he or she is is likely to become an insufferable prig.

After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters

Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?

Ascending

You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.

Ain't She Sweet

Try everything; listen to everyone. Follow no one. You are your own story guru!

Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success

Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood, wallow in self-pity, stew in their own —” “That’s enough, Phineas,” said Dumbledore.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Breckin, this is Holder. Holder is not my boyfriend, but if I catch him trying to break the record for best first kiss with another girl, then he'll soon be my not breathing non-boyfriend.

Hopeless

Love is like candy floss. you crave it and it looks very promising, but if you try to satisfy your hunger with it, there is nothing. Only a sweet aftertaste - if you're lucky.

Hidden Places