Samuel Grafton Quotes

#1. Invite characters of surprising and moral character, or at least those who grapple with what is right or those who make decisions that shock.

David Bergen

#2. Unlimited choice is paralyzing. The Internet has made this form of paralysis due to option overload a standard feature of comfortable modern life.

Susan Orlean

#3. Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his administration.

Tim Johnson

#4. I'm interested in everything about what it means to be a human being, so every role is an excuse to delve into a different way of life, a different socio-economic background, and a different tragic or comedic circumstance.

Rachelle Lefevre

#5. I'm like flypaper for the soul.

Rachel Vincent

#6. We must stop calling our drug barons and "419s" (fraudsters) nouveau riche, big shots or those who have made it.

Sunday Adelaja

#7. We are never as beautiful as now. The crushing sadness of hotel rooms; the gelid lights and clean notepads; the blank walls and particles of someone else's erased life.

Aleksandar Hemon

#8. Psychologists have suggested that attention may be categorized by whether it is goal-driven or stimulus-driven, corresponding to whether it is in the service of one's own will or not.

Matthew B. Crawford

#9. No one is my enemy or the Gospel's ... just prisoners of war that Christ longs to set free.

Bill Myers

#10. And yet he held his tongue, wanting his farewell with Marina to be peaceable, not out of any magnanimity, but so that after Tor ruined her - he felt confident Tor would ruin her - and she was once more alone, she would think of Lucy's graciousness and feel the long-lingering sting of bitter regret.

Patrick DeWitt

#11. I'm old fashioned. I really think you should know how to draw before you start painting. I use charcoal and graphite; I put a skylight in. In my house, I turned the garage into an art studio. So I'm awash in art studios.

Peter Falk

#12. Love, sex, food, friendship, art, play, beauty and the simple pleasure of a cup of tea are all well and good, but never forget that God/the universe is determined to kill you by whatever means necessary.

Chuck Lorre

#13. I believe that nothing completely satisfies an imaginative writer but copious and continuous draughts of unmitigated praise, always provided it is accompanied by a large and increasing sale of his works.

Frederick Locker-Lampson

#14. That's the way of every human catastrophe. The douchebag is nearly indestructible.

Rick Yancey

#15. My mom and father are extremely proud. They love it when I don't die. I've done so many movies where I've died that their first question when I book a job is, 'So, are you going to die in this?'

Michael Ealy

#16. A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye.

Samuel Grafton