Menu

 Authors
A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P Q R
S T U V W S
Y Z
Get Socialize
My Account
Make Free Wallpaper

" Quotes and Sayings About my

Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting.

After Drawings Getting Handwriting
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests.

Between Born Forests Grew
  Favorite Make wallpaper

My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online.

Aspects Build Business Businesses
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.

Am China Development Good
  Favorite Make wallpaper

When I was younger, I felt it was my duty to wake people up. I thought poetry was asleep. I thought rock 'n' roll was asleep.

Asleep Duty Felt People
  Favorite Make wallpaper
I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf.
Book Could Dreamed Having
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

AGoodThing Against Discipline Energies
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the 80s developing my craft as a writer.

Could Craft Day Developing
  Favorite Make wallpaper

When I stopped performing for 16 years and lived in Michigan and was married and raising my children, I wrote about four or five books. I haven't published them. I just haven't gotten around to it for several reasons.

About Around Books Children
  Favorite Make wallpaper

My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer.

Beautiful China Cup Drink
  Favorite Make wallpaper

The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.

Active Because Biggest Concern
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I loved books; I read my childhood away. I was more interested in my interior world.

Away Books Childhood Interested
  Favorite Make wallpaper

My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around.

Around Father Hated He
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I came into music because I thought the presentation of poetry wasn't vibrant enough. So I merged improvised poetry with basic rock chords. That was my original mission.

Basic Because Came Chords
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.

Actor Basically Because Deep
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

Around Financially Know Lost
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I think I realized it was an art form at the beginning, but it took me a really long time before I was able to view what I was performing myself as an art form.

Able Art Before Beginning
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.

Hollywood Learned Long Long Time
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled.

Actor Bald Early Else
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

Academy Feel Guy Last
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything.

Anything Butter Fact Few
  Favorite Make wallpaper

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

About Available Base Because
  Favorite Make wallpaper
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, 'Well, I've had it with humanity.' But I was wrong.
Down Had Humanity Reaction
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world you live in because you don't know what a utility bill is, or how to budget your paycheck.

Adolescence Based Because Bill
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.

Been Going Here Life
  Favorite Make wallpaper

As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.

Am Aware Body Exactly
  Favorite Make wallpaper
In my mind, I was always a comedian who was going to branch into writing.
Always Branch Comedian Going
  Favorite Make wallpaper

All the truly great stand-ups say, 'I go onstage, and I work on jokes. The inspiration will happen while I'm doing my work.' To me, in the end, the surest thing is work.

Doing End Go Great
  Favorite Make wallpaper

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

Fat Jack Jack Nicholson Nicholson
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Before doing my first open mic, I was sitting in the back watching all these comedians banter back and forth and fire jokes and up each other, and I thought, 'This is where I wanna be.'

Back Before Comedians Doing
  Favorite Make wallpaper

There's nothing wrong with doing comedies, and I'm not against comedies, either, but I always want to do stuff that keeps me off my guard and gets me out of my comfort zone.

Against Always Comedies Comfort
  Favorite Make wallpaper

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.

Back Class Half Last
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Knock on wood, my groupies tend to be very artistic, creative people - sometimes way more creative than I am.

Am Artistic Creative Groupies
  Favorite Make wallpaper

One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by Southwest. If I can help get their stuff out there, then great.

Amazing Being Ended Film
  Favorite Make wallpaper

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

Been Industry Ladder Nails
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.

About Complain Even Life
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I'm always trying out new stuff onstage. That's where I do all my writing.

Always New Onstage Out
  Favorite Make wallpaper
My motto is: more good times.
Good Good Times More Motto
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age.

Age Any Decide Feel
  Favorite Make wallpaper

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

Felt Irresistible Life Makes
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I have self-doubt. I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I'm like, 'My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don't have it. I just want to chill.' We all have self-doubt. You don't deny it, but you also don't capitulate to it. You embrace it.

Also Arena Back Chill
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I know how my body operates differently from what it did when it was 30 and when it was 20. As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.

Am Aware Body Did
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day.

Because Conversations Day Every
  Favorite Make wallpaper

The Kentucky Fried Chicken corporation made a bobble head of me and sent it to my management. No card, nothing.

Card Chicken Corporation Fried
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Any acting job that I ever got, I always treated it like I was a neophyte; I didn't know what I was doing, and I was going to work just as hard as I do on my stand-up.

Acting Always Any Doing
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I really had to imagine the kind of person that I would have been if I had never left my hometown. I don't think I would have been a very pleasant person.

Been Had Hometown Imagine
  Favorite Make wallpaper
I fantasize and idealize myself as Bugs Bunny, but I know deep down I'm Daffy Duck.
Bugs Bunny Deep Down
  Favorite Make wallpaper
I reach out to a larger audience with the message of Christ in my music.
Reach out Audience Message Christ
  Favorite Make wallpaper

My music is not targeted at people, my target is the heart of God.

My music People Target Heart of God
  Favorite Make wallpaper

At the early stages of my career as a creative, I understood that the essence of my gifts is to impact on society; to add value to lives through my works.

Early stage Career Essence Gift
  Favorite Make wallpaper