Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Travolta

I learned early on that there are certain things you can control in the press, and things you cannot.

X. J. Kennedy

To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse.

Yann Martel

I like using animals because they help suspend my reader's disbelief. We have certain ideas about dentists. We don't have many ideas about rhinoceros dentists.

Imelda May

I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.

Idris Elba

Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.

Gad Elmaleh

When you succeed, at a certain point, you want to challenge yourself. Otherwise, you become boring. You become a has-been. It's not very interesting. I don't want to be this guy who has only succeeded in France. I could say, 'O.K., that's it; merci.' But I'm not interested in that.

Gail Carriger

I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.

Gilbert Hernandez

I grew up being really insecure and dumped on, over-feeling certain things in a negative way. So I thought I had something to prove.

Donald Trump

Owning great landmarks such as the Empire State Building or Trump Tower or the General Motors Building or the Plaza Hotel - there are certain just spectacular landmarks - it's an honor; it's really an honor.

Zadie Smith

Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer to a certain type of person all the time. It will kill you.

Carl Lewis

Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.

Jesse Eisenberg

My hope is to never act again and just do press.

Jesse Eisenberg

I purposefully isolate myself from anything that has to do with any press. I don't read any press about myself.

Christiane Amanpour

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

Michael Hutchence

The English press, are so nosy, and the English seem to love that eavesdropping

Max Clifford

Talk to the press and we'll bury you.

Sela Ward

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

Vanna White

Any press is good press.

Topher Grace

I don't talk about my personal life with the press.