#starve

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#certain #experiment #favorites #go #i

If a composer has a nice wife and some nice children, how can he let the children starve on his dissonances? ↗

— Charles Ives

#composer #his #how #nice #some

Genius of a kind has always been with me; an empty heart that has taken on a certain wooden quality; an excellent, strong woman's body and a pitiably starved soul. ↗

— Mary MacLane

#been #body #certain #empty #excellent

It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#anybody #been #down #feel #hard

We are truly indefatigable in providing for the needs of the body, but we starve the soul. ↗

— Ellen Wood

#indefatigable #needs #providing #soul #starve

Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships. ↗

— Natalie Wood

#becomes #deal #films #human #human relationships

I don't care if I starve. ↗

— Eric Church

#i #starve

I'm incredibly boring; I had a very happy childhood. I never starved, nor did I have a silver spoon in my mouth. I'm one of those terribly middle-of-the-road, British middle class, South London gents. ↗

— Jude Law

#british #childhood #class #did #had

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge. ↗

— John Naisbitt

#information #knowledge #starved

It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#certain #company #dinner #few #friends