#rather

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#author #because #book #bringing #each

The one image that's been causing a lot of discussion is one image that I shot of a man falling head-first from the building, before the buildings fell down. He was trapped in the fire, and decided to jump and take his own life, rather than being burned. ↗

— Richard Drew

#before #being #building #buildings #burned

I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural. ↗

— William Peter Blatty

#detective #detective story #exorcist #horror #i

Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle. ↗

— Anne Dudley

#films #good #got #middle #more

In my mind, it is certainly much nicer to end on a high note rather than on a Stout Pig. ↗

— Dave Blood

#end #high #high note #mind #much

The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds. ↗

— Walter Duranty

#hopes #minds #most #people #problem

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of each other. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#cannot #content #desire #each #fictions

I think they'd rather us follow our hearts and I hope that's what some people will understand. ↗

— Fred Durst

#hearts #hope #i #i think #our

If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#capital #capital gains #chunk #country #fact

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know. ↗

— Clint Eastwood

#audiences #characters #effects #hoping #interested