I have now reached
I have now reached the happy age of 23. No, happy is not quite the right word. At this particular moment I am certainly not happy. Eva Braun
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I have now reached the happy age of 23. No, happy is not quite the right word. At this particular moment I am certainly not happy. Eva Braun
The script [of Regression] wasn’t the draw for me. It was largely Alejandro [Amenabar] and his way of talking. To hear him talking about the script was way more interesting than the script. He wrote it, and so, English is his second language. It’s an interesting thing. I’ve had that before. I was directed by … Read more
I find that one of the most important things, as a writer, is to just show up – to just stay in the chair and fight through the difficult patches. As long as you’re at the desk, and you’re willing to fight it out, eventually the right words will come. Eric Schlosser
I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of… I guess ‘hope’ is the right word? Eric Bachmann
Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you’ve never sung before, and you realize you’ve never sung the right words in that song? You hear them and all of a sudden you say to yourself, ‘Life in the Fast Lane?’ That’s what they’re saying right there? You think, ‘why have I been singing … Read more
Parla come magni,’ It means, ‘Speak the way you eat,’ or in my personal translation: ‘Say it like you eat it.’ It’s a reminder – when you’re making a big deal out of explaining something, when you’re searching for the right words – to keep your language as simple and direct as Roman rood. Don’t … Read more
Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words? Elizabeth Bibesco
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. Edward Thorndike
One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it’s the right word. Edward Abbey
Actually ideas are everywhere. It’s the paperwork, that is, sitting down and thinking them into a coherent story, trying to find just the right words, that can and usually does get to be labor. Fred Saberhagen