Abstaction Quotes

#1. Freedom is not an abstaction, nor is a little of it enough. A little more is not enough either. Having less, being less, empoverished in freedom and rights, women then invariably have less self-respect: less self-respect than any human being needs to live a brave and honest life.

Andrea Dworkin

#2. I have a word problem for you." "I'm listening" "If Naz forgoes sleep, and Karissa gets naked, how many orgasms can he give her before sun up?

J.M. Darhower

#3. Taking pictures is like panning for gold. You do it again and again, and sometimes you find a nugget.

Raghubir Singh

#4. I've always been fond of Tim Drake/Robin. I suppose it's the YA writer in me. I enjoy the intensity of young, smart heroes. I'd love to write him in either graphic or prose form.

Cynthia Leitich Smith

#5. He who every morning plans the transactions of that day and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life.

Victor Hugo

#6. Light up the stars in your brain, electrify your body, buckle on your smile, and everybody will love you again.

Laurie Halse Anderson

#7. We commonly think of freedom as the ability to define alternatives and choose between them. The creative mind exceeds this liberty in being able to redefine itself and reality at large, generating whole new sets of alternatives.

Robert Grudin

#8. There is definitely places in America where, if you're born into that environment, your chances of getting out are really, really limited.

Mario Van Peebles

#9. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes."

~Dr. Sam Loomis/Halloween

John Carpenter

#10. At the end of the day, no one gets a prize for simply getting it accurate. A bit of artistic theatrics can go a long way in making a painting a piece of artwork instead of just another picture.

Richard McKinley

#11. There's no one 'right' way of making a science fiction movie; there's no one way of making any kind of movie, really!

Nicolas Roeg

#12. It's kinda hard to get yourself into a good three-toweler when you got the dick of death.

Christopher Moore