If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.
The glassmakers had brought a new source of wealth to Venice, but they had also brought the less appealing habit of burning down the neighborhood.
I've never looked at film-making as a career. I've looked on film-making as an adventure. When you come down the mountain, you get ready to climb again.
Pakistan is not about to crack down on terror groups or cut its military budget in order to build roads, schools and hospitals.
Walking down the path of dreams, inner-self and listening to your heart are all different names given to your hidden scripts.
Pull down your pants! I've heard about nigger-cocks my whole life but never seen one!
Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult.
I wanted to be a pianist but it just wasn't my thing. I guess I wanted to stand up rather than sit down.
At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron.
When you find the person that you settle down with, I guess you mellow. They are taming you, aren't they? Or you're taming them.
One of the things that I've been trying to do with my characters, one of the things that does lead to me turning things down, is I don't really want to repeat myself.
Those suffering from terminal falsehood seek out each other, like a drunk seeks out a wall so that he doesn't fall down.
The only thing sadder than hateful people’s willingness to drag us down to their level, is our willingness to oblige.
I put down my phone... Hugged her from behind… Kissed the back of her neck... Our fingers entwined… Bliss…
It’s never pretty when you leave an abusive and controlling relationship. The warden always protests when the prison gets shut-down.
You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster.
Why are empirical questions about how the mind works so weighted down with political and moral and emotional baggage?
Basically all the religions,sciences and powers of the world boil down to a simple truth. The Best Story Teller will win in the end!
I just tripped over a pair of shoes and almost fell down and broke my neck and no I wasn't wearing them.
I bought the Heartbreak Hotel, on my own with no investors. Closed it down and opened the Fuck You, Get Over It bed and breakfast.
It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.
