#bout

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness. ↗

— Ausonius

#base #commit #deed #respect #though

You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book, it's not an audience, it's one to one. ↗

— Paul Auster

#always #audience #book #books #encountering

I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. Maybe there are novels where the author has not in the least thought about it in terms of film, which can be turned into good films. ↗

— Paul Auster

#anything #author #complicated #film #films

The auctioneer is talking for both people, and that's the big revelation about, 'Oh, that's what they're doing.' They're just doing it very fast, so you could kind of miss on that. He's speaking for you, because people in the crowd don't have a voice, so that's what really makes it compelling. ↗

— Jack White

#because #big #both #compelling #could

When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#anything #become #decided #else #i

I did not want to write a story about the invasion of Earth, so I had to create a race capable of living nearby, which meant to either on the Moon, on Mars, or on Venus. I picked Venus. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#capable #create #did #earth #either

It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming actually). ↗

— Jennifer Wyatt

#actually #although #crossed #event #help

Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee. ↗

— Ted Yoho

#cliff #coming #committee #did #hindsight

I was thinking about that, about what lines you'd be willing to cross if someone took your loved one or child. ↗

— Rick Yune

#child #cross #i #lines #loved

I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

#everybody #going #i #just #mean