#som

If you read a book that's fiction and you get caught in the characters and the plot, and swept away, really, by the fiction of it - by the non-reality - you sometimes wind up changing your reality as well. Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#book #caught #changing #characters #fiction

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#because #doing #downing #else #enjoyment

From Kelsey, I have learned among many other things the value of turning on a dime and how you can have an extremely funny and extremely poignant moment with absolutely no separation in between... and sometimes in the same moment. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#among #between #dime #extremely #funny

I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#concert pianist #dead #dead end #death #end

On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#also #because #find #funny #level

We all went to Kelsey's wedding, and yeah, we go to parties. We also go to each other's house. A group of us got together over at Kelsey's and just read through some plays just for the fun of it. That may not be everyone's idea of a good time, but we had a good time. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#each #everyone #fun #go #good

If someone asks me a question, that says they appreciate what I do and that's nice. And I know what it was like when I was a kid to want to interact with a top player. ↗

— Mary Pierce

#asks #i #i do #interact #kid

A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#determined #done #others #something #strong

I have some real big goals with England. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#england #goals #i #real #some

I need to rein myself in sometimes. ↗

— Kevin Pietersen

#myself #need #rein #sometimes