#r

The winged word. The mercurial word. The word that is both moth and lamp. The word that is itself and more. the associative word light with meanings. The word not netted by meaning. The exact word wide. The word not whore nor cenobite. The word unlied. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#art

They've got so many Latin players we're going to have to get a Latin instructor up here. ↗

— Phil Rizzuto

#going #got #here #instructor #latin

I can't wait until I'm able to afford really posh bags. ↗

— Alexandra Roach

#afford #bags #i #posh #really

Lore is my favorite kind of story. Because it's not only historical, it's a lie everyone knows is a lie but tells anyway. I love that. Of course every story I tell is true. Completely true. Completely and utterly at least five-eighths of the way to being true, which is truer than any piece of lore and truer than most truths you'll hear. ↗

— Kevin Sampsell editor "Shanghaied" by Gigi Little

#fiction #truth #love

I had to live and breathe Margaret Thatcher for a few months. I totally engulfed myself in her life. I read her autobiography and a biography, 'The Grocer's Daughter.' ↗

— Alexandra Roach

#biography #breathe #daughter #engulfed #few

Green grass breaks through snow, Artemis pleads for my help, I am so cool. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#funny

I think you should just wear something you feel comfortable in. It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it. ↗

— Alexandra Roach

#feel #i #i think #important #just

...friends were more important than lovers - not least for the fact that friendships generally lasted longer than relationships. ↗

— John Irving

#relationships #friendship

Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene. ↗

— Jay Roach

#after #because #becomes #bit #composure

But I couldn't cut that whole septic tank scene out because the audience liked it so much. So I sort of fell right back into getting a cheap laugh, but I still loved it. ↗

— Jay Roach

#back #because #cheap #cut #fell