#ill

In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life. ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#authoritative #belongs #conception #could #days

Having Wayne in town will be exciting enough. ↗

— Paul Coffey

#exciting #having #town #wayne #will

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it. ↗

— Edward Coke

#art #his #man #own #provided

I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way. ↗

— Stephen Colbert

#crush #day #different #different way #every

Illusions of grandeur are not the same as visions of greatness. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#greatness #illusions #same #visions

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want. ↗

— Renee Fleming

#each #i #nearly #pretty #sings

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#ashamed #better #bring #i #i am

My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#buddy #cameras #career #everyone #mother

People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#big #george #going #hit #i

Fatherhood will put a man through a lot, but it's a tremendous job, the best in the world - even better than playing basketball. ↗

— Derek Fisher

#best #better #even #fatherhood #job