Paul Weston Quotes

#1. I always hope that the artwork will complement and enrich a story.

Robert Paul Weston

#2. I believe actual violence scars children much more than violence in storybooks.

Robert Paul Weston

#3. Destiny isn't immutable. You can change your fate. But I'd say the only way to do it is with hard, intelligent work and long-term dedication to a goal.

Robert Paul Weston

#4. I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far.

Laura San Giacomo

#5. I believe young children in particular enjoy witnessing the survival of youthful protagonists against terrible odds. I think it's gratifying to the reader when you give young characters that kind of agency.

Robert Paul Weston

#6. I can't say I'm anything like a devoted animal rights activist, but I certainly oppose cruelty to animals.

Robert Paul Weston

#7. I think a lot of things are at play when children enjoy a grisly old fairytale. I don't think many children take it literally, or rather it's quite clear to them that it's only a story, only make believe.

Robert Paul Weston

#8. The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.

Joseph Glanvill

#9. I'm old-school. I want to be there to drop off my daughter at school and pick her up.

Lisa Loeb

#10. I'd hasten to say that the prejudice in Dust City isn't completely analogous to racism in the real world.

Robert Paul Weston

#11. It appeared painful to regrow a set of hands, but I can hardly blame her for dabbling in street magic. Anyone can see she's addicted to being whole.

Robert Paul Weston

#12. People of different ethnicities are definitely not of differing species. Biologically speaking, people are people.

Robert Paul Weston

#13. The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

Madame De Stael

#14. [Thine] face is not worth sunburning.

William Shakespeare

#15. No one learns anything from non-stop success. In order to truly succeed, you need to make mistakes along the way.

Robert Paul Weston

#16. If some readers take away the idea that animals deserve better treatment in general, then I certainly won't argue.

Robert Paul Weston

#17. Well, if it's for a paper, then my honest answer is that I think sororities are bad. I think they're terrible, actually. I think they make girls feel awful about themselves under the guise of sisterhood.

Kimberly McCreight

#18. All actual life is encounter.

Martin Buber

#19. Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide.

Robert Paul Weston

#20. In Japan, it's strange to openly take credit for giving to charity or even to donate publicly.

Robert Paul Weston

#21. My work is my language and I don't discuss it very easily. It's difficult for me to verbalize my feelings, or to intellectualize my work. In fact, it used to annoy me when Ansel Adams and Paul Strand yak-yak-yakked about what photography meant, and I told them so.

Brett Weston

#22. Since I tend to write chronologically, the middle is always the place where the process is most taxing.

Robert Paul Weston

#23. One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate.

Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

#24. In medieval Europe, childbirth was a leading cause of death. So widowed fathers with children were quite common, meaning stepmothers were equally common.

Robert Paul Weston