Quotes by Thinking I think we are bound to, and by, nature. We may want to deny this connection and try to believe we control the external world, but every time there's a snowstorm or drought, we know our fate is tied to the world around us Alice Hoffman fatebelievethinking I think secrets often come out. I spoke to a friend who is a therapist and I asked her if there were people who came to her and admitted to doing horrible things and she said, 'More than you know.'. Alice Hoffman secretpeoplethinking I don't think I make much of a distinction between the 'real' and the 'fantastic.' They both seem to be threads in the same cloth as far as I'm concerned. Alice Hoffman fantasticrealthinking Always keep mint on your windowsill in August, to ensure that buzzing flies will stay outside, where they belong. Don't think the summer is over, even when roses droop and turn brown and the stars shift position in the sky. Never presume August is a safe or reliable time of the year. Alice Hoffman starssummerthinking Do what you want, do what you will, do what you have to, do what you think you cannot. Alice Hoffman what-you-wantwantthinking I wept to think that life went on even when so much had been lost, that rain still fell and myrtle grew between the rocks. Alice Hoffman rocksrainthinking That's the way love sounds, my mother told me. You think it should feel like honey, but instead it cuts like a knife. Alice Hoffman cuttingmotherthinking I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up. Alice Hoffman growing-updecisionthinking What I like about fairy tales is the language and the matter-of-fact way of introducing magic, where it's accepted that a fox could talk or a gate could just appear in a wall. I think fairy tales are so psychological. Alice Hoffman wallmagicthinking I have nothing from my childhood. I think you carry those books with you. It's like in [Ray] Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451." Books are outlawed in this future society so people become the book they love by memorizing it. Alice Hoffman bookpeoplethinking I think that if I get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, I may lose a little of the sense of isolation and desolation which abides with me. My circumstances allowing of nothing but the ejaculation of one-syllabled reflections, a written monologue by that most interesting being, myself, may have its yet to be discovered consolations. Alice James reflectionwritingthinking I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance. Alice Lowe couplestrugglethinking I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that. Alice Lowe comedylondonthinking I think it's very easy to get discouraged early on. Alice Lowe discouragedeasythinking I think 99% of the whole thing is to have passion about the idea yourself. I think part of your job as a filmmaker is to tell someone that might not think it's going to work that, actually, it will work. Alice Lowe passionjobsthinking If you can make someone believe that you believe in the idea then I think that's worth a lot. Alice Lowe believeideasthinking I always think it's just best to just make stuff and to carry on making stuff, even if it's not off your own back, because that's the only way... especially as a comedy writer, I make short films and then show them to live audience, so if they're laughing you know you're doing something right. Alice Lowe stufflaughingthinking I think what's difficult is proving to people that a script actually does work and sometimes the laughter might not be on the page, it might be between the lines. Alice Lowe laughterpeoplethinking It's nice to think people might be talking about it after they've seen it. With some comedies it's a bit 'wham bam thank you ma'am', and then you just go for a pizza. Alice Lowe nicetalkingthinking I began to see, again and again, stories that were first confusing and second where the emotional impact was muted because the big scene came before the explanation of what was going on. There was a reverse chronological order as well as a concealment of what exactly was going on. I think often that comes out of the fear of being boring, and sometimes I think it's just an attempt to seem clever. Alice Mattison emotionalcleverthinking«132133134135136137138139140141142»
