#me

With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me. ↗

— George R. R. Martin

#am #bad #book #director #effects

Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me. ↗

— Harvey Martin

#always #been #easiest #easiest thing #i

I'm not mean, just aggressive. ↗

— Harvey Martin

#i #just #mean

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children. ↗

— Judith Martin

#conduct #education #foreign #foreign language #inducement

There are three social classes in America: upper middle class, middle class, and lower middle class. ↗

— Judith Martin

#class #classes #lower #middle #middle class

You stand still, somebody might get close to you. I don't stand still much anymore. ↗

— Harvey Martin

#close #get #i #might #much

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress. ↗

— Judith Martin

#expecting #face #honesty #insulting #mean

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#difference #dress #himself #his #knows

I cringe at backstory. Because it never quite explains or gets into some psychological thing that is never quite right and never quite the truth and who knows why someone is some way. ↗

— Steve Martin

#cringe #explains #gets #i #into

Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old. ↗

— Elvis Presley

#i #later #make #me #movies