#leaves

What I was trying to convey there was the kind of waste land that was left after the war. It was a bit like one always thinks of war, you know, stark scenery and no birds, no trees, no leaves, nothing living. And just emptiness. ↗

— George Martin

#always #birds #bit #convey #emptiness

As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos. ↗

— Nicholas Meyer

#control #director #egos #everything #give

And when I play they know I exist, and it leaves a space when I go. ↗

— Sunny Murray

#go #i #know #leaves #play

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit. ↗

— Sophocles

#does #his #leaves #man #nature

My belief is that no movie, nothing in life, leaves people neutral. You either leave them up or you leave them down. ↗

— David Puttnam

#down #either #leave #leaves #life

I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#consider #constitution #evolving #flexible #how

I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this thing has a reason for being there. ↗

— Frank Miller

#being there #best #create #efforts #i

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies. ↗

— Le Corbusier

#faster #i #leaves #less #lies

It’s not that we have to quit this life one day, but it’s how many things we have to quit all at once: music, laughter, the physics of falling leaves, automobiles, holding hands, the scent of rain, the concept of subway trains... if only one could leave this life slowly! ↗

— Roman Payne

#beauty #carpe-diem #dying #holding-hands #laughter

Sticklers never read a book without a pencil at hand, to correct the typographical errors. In short, we are unattractive know-all obsessives who get things out of proportion and are in continual peril of being disowned by our exasperated families. ↗

— Lynne Truss

#family