WOODY HARRELSON 1961—“TRIANGLE OF SADNESS”
THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM IS TERRORISM.
A GROWUP IS A CHILD WITH LAYERS ON.
I THINK MY BEST SKILL in this whole deal is as a conduit to try to bring people together, because I think it’s in our unity that we’ll have the greatest strength.
AND GARRISON KEILLOR I THINK is a fascinating guy and really entertaining.
IT’S AN ODD BEAST, FAME. IT’S GOT MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES.
HERBERT SELBY JR. 1928-2004 “Last Exit To Brooklyn”
I GUESS it could be said that the inspiration for ‘Requiem for a Dream’ is watching the American dream not only destroy so many lives in the U. S., but infect the rest of the world with its obsession with getting more, ignoring the deadly effect that it has on the planet.
ONE OF THE THINGS I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN ALIENATED. I REALIZED that I’ve been terrified my entire life. So I can identify that fear which drives so many of the people that I write about.
COVENTRY PATMORE 1823-1896 “The Angel in the House”
TO HIM THAT WAITS all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.
THE MORE WILD AND INCREDIBLE YOUR DESIRE, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.
SIMEON STRUNSKY 1879-1948 “No Mean City””Post Impressions”
NEW YORK HAS MORE HERMITS than will be found in all the forests, mountains and deserts of the United States.
FAMOUS REMARKS ARE VERY RARELY QUOTED CORRECTLY.
PEOPLE who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on the buses and in the subway.
WOODY HARRELSON “Champions” “Zombieland””Kate”
THE GOVERNMENT MAY CHANGE faces from time to time, but it’s not like we fight wars for democracy — we fight wars for capitalism and for oil.
YOU HAVE TO FOCUS on what you’re passionate about. for me it’s the forests and of course, because I’m concerned about the forests, I’m concerned about the way paper is made.
I LOVE ENGLAND, THE PEOPLE, THE PARKS, THE THEATER.
WE DON’T GET THE GREATEST TOOLS TO DEAL WITH ANGER. IT’S LIKE, ‘HEY, COUNT TO 10.’ WHEN SOMEONE REALLY UPSETS ME, HOW DO I RESPOND? I DON’T USUALLY START COUNTING TO 10 AND BREATHING DEEPLY.
THE STATE of the health of the individual is equivalent to the state of the health of the colon.
TWO BOXES of Step Forward Paper saves one tree — that’s a real stat.
I USED TO EAT burgers and steak and I would just be knocked out afterward, I had to give it up.
RAYMOND CHANDLER 1888-1959 “The Big Sleep” “The High Window”, “Farewell My Lovely”, “The Long Goodbye”
IF you’re not tough it’s hard to survive in this world; and if you’re not kind then you don’t deserve to survive.
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF TRUTH; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science and the second is art.
MOST PEOPLE go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had.
IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There is more than one way to conquer a country.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN AN IDEA, YOU DON’T OWN YOU, IT OWNS YOU.
HE LOOKED about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.
AGOOD STORY CANNOT BE DEVISED; it has to be distilled.
IT SEEMED like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.
WOE, woe, woe . . . in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already.
THE MORE YOU REASON THE LESS YOU CREATE.
IT WAS A BLONDE. A BLONDE to make bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
HE SOUNDED like a man who had slept well and didn’t owe too much money.
TO SAY GOODBYE IS TO DIE A LITTLE.
THE STREETS WERE DARK WITH SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT.
DON’T EVER WRITE ANYTHING you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone’s advice about changing it. they just don’t know.
THE GIRL gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.
I LIKE SMOOTH SHINY GIRLS, hardboiled and loaded with sin.
AS HONEST as you could expect a man to be in a world in where it’s out of style.
IN EVERYTHING that can be called art there is a quality of redemption.
DEAD MEN ARE HEAVIER THAN BROKEN HEARTS.
THROW UP in your typewriter every morning. clean up every noon.
SHE GAVE ME A SMILE I COULD FEEL IN MY HIP POCKET.
SHE HAD EYES LIKE STRANGE SINS.
TECHNIQUE alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder.
I SAID SOMETHING WHICH GAVE YOU TO THINK I HATED CATS. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability.
NEVER GIVE UP!