Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Scalzi

Many of the writers who have inspired me most are outside the genre: Humorists like Robert Benchley and James Thurber, screenwriters like Ben Hecht and William Goldman, and journalists/columnists like H.L. Mencken, Mike Royko and Molly Ivins.

Dick Cavett

Great humorists are great insulters.

James Gleick

Humorists are using Twitter to tell jokes in an interesting way. It doesn't have to be profound, and it doesn't have to be earth-shaking, but it is transformative.

Gary Shteyngart

In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.

Heikki Kovalainen

I'm a big James Bond fan. I've got a collection of them.

Dee Brown

Me and James (Augustine) have been through this before as sophomores. You just have to play with a different mentality.

Ronnie Milsap

I often thought that if I had been working with Mark James at American Studios, I would have had a pop hit before I ever moved out of Memphis. But that didn't happen.

Merry Clayton

I was signed to A&M, I was signed to Lou Adler, who had a company within a company, which was A&M Records, and everything - James Taylor, Rita Coolidge, Carole King - I worked on all of that stuff.

Sally Kirkland

I didn't go to college, not that I don't think people should, but I didn't because I was Off-Broadway when I was 17, with James Earl Jones.

Irwin Winkler

When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.

Brian Barker

When James was out, we put a lot of time into bolstering his weaknesses.

Bill Hader

The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.

Lesley Manville

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.

Bruce Bochy

We're going to play Mike as much as we can.

Nicholas Hytner

Mike was a little nervous ... We weren't, because his reputation is so immense.

Jon Gruden

Mike Tomlin is a candidate, obviously, in Minnesota.

Dan Rooney

Mike speaks up all the time. I don't see him taking any back seat.

John Shirreffs

Mike said he was waiting for the call.

Shaun Alexander

Mike said from the very beginning, that we are always going to be the 'other' team.

Derek Schulz

Mike plays with a lot of passion in everything he does. It showed tonight.

Floyd Burnsed

Mike Neville's become more of a pocket passer. He's making the right reads and the right throws. He's come a long way.

Jose Maldonado

It was really shocking. He was our friend, and Molly was our friend.

Harland Braun

We want the LAPD to investigate Robert Blake. The more they investigate, the more they'll find out he didn't do it.

Kenneth Branagh

I did 'Celebrity' by Woody Allen. I did 'The Gingerbread Man' with Robert Altman. These were big talents.

Daryl Sabara

I don't know why there hasn't been a 'Spy Kids' cartoon. You have to bring that up to Robert Rodriguez and see what he has to say. That would be an interesting thing to do with this series.

David Edwards

I was 22 years old when I met Robert Johnson. I was there the night he was poisoned.

Anupam Kher

There are many brilliant actors, including our own Dilip Kumar, but Robert de Niro is something else.

Robert B. Parker

Would you care to publish this? Sincerely, Robert B. Parker.

Chin Han

I got to act with my childhood film idol, Robert Redford, and that's a gift in itself.

Russell Tovey

I think if I met Frank Auerbach or Jeff Koons, I'd be more wobbly than if I met Robert De Niro!

Katherine Harris

You know, I think it's so important that Roberts is confirmed. And so we've insisted, we've promoted, we've cajoled, advocated for his confirmation.

James Gray

William Atherton has a very different acting style to Bonnie Bedelia; she has a very different style than Bruce Willis.

Allen Wallace

I thought it was a disappointing year in Arizona. Jermaine Williams was the only top-ranked player.

The Bravery

Things I Love: The Many Collections of William I. Koch.

John Dos Passos

If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.

Jean Paul

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

Aminatta Forna

Most writers I know go for word counts, and I used to be a journalist, so I guess that's ingrained.

Claire Tomalin

Most writers can tell stories of how their books failed to be made into films.

Arthur Bryant

Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words.

Robert Klein

In some articles written about me, writers have said I'm a link between the old and the new, and I think, in a certain sense, that's legitimate.

Scott Adsit

'Monty Python' and 'The Simpsons' have ruined comedy for writers for the rest of our lives.

Brian Keene

Everything can be grist for the muse. Sometimes, writers draw on personal experiences. 'Ghoul' was just that.

Marianne Williamson

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.