I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them. I firmly believe there are books whose greatness actually enables you to live, to do something. And sometimes, human beings need story and narrative more than they need nourishment and food.

Emma Thompson

Categorized in : Thinking Book Believe

Its unfortunate and I really wish I wouldn't have to say this, but I really like human beings who have suffered. They're kinder.

suffering kindness people

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having acc... by Emma Thompson

Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.

disability inspiration mean

I think books are like people, in the sense that they'll turn up in your life when you most need them.

reading book thinking

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care... by Emma Thompson

Maybe I don't take myself so seriously any more. And I don't care how I'm judged. I'm past all that.

badass care past

It’s about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it.

writing may years

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're t... by Emma Thompson

A lot of very beautiful women can be a pain because all they're thinking about is how they look.

pain beautiful thinking

Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your de... by Emma Thompson

Just write. It doesn't matter what you write. Just sit at your desk and write.

desks matter writing

Sometimes you'll have some things, and sometimes you'll have other things. And you do not need it all at once; it's not good for you.

sometimes needs

We must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives.

nuance anomalies causes

Any problem, big or small, within a family, always seems to start with bad communication. Someone isn't listening.

effective-listening family communication

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a... by Emma Thompson

You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.

pie satisfaction faces

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

advice children needs

I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things: disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.

disease-and-death witty people

The insanity of consumption bothers me. Talk about the opiate of the masses. It ain't religion anymore. It's stuff.

opiates stuff insanity

The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it.

aging age looks

Once you're a mom, you've been split into two people. It's like P... by Emma Thompson

Once you're a mom, you've been split into two people. It's like Peter Pan and his shadow.

mom two people

What was important was trying to create something that families could watch together and enjoy together

important together trying

Constantly worrying about your reflection and criticizing your body, shape and size is an act of violence against yourself.

body reflection worry

I've a problem with the word charity because I think that NGOs, as I prefer calling them, really do take the work of moral and social responsibilities that ought to be taken on by governments.

taken responsibility thinking

When husbands and fathers leave, their wives and daughters tend to value themselves less as a result.

daughter husband mother