Quotes about "Climate & Sustainability"

All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and I didn't have much actual living to draw on. I suspect a lot of other people's novels are like that, too, though they might be slower to talk about it. ”

I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific. ”

The lack of alternatives to an illegal action does not legitimise that action. ”

All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies. ”

Oh yes, my generation liked to be in some pain when they read. The harder it was, the more good we believed it was doing us. ”

When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon. ”

It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. ”

My high school experience was pretty good, but my middle school experience was god awful. It was horrible. I got picked on like no tomorrow. ”

There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad. ”

I thought I was going to be a theater actor. I moved to New York after college and did some plays and worked a lot. Once the realities of living as a theatrical actor hit me, I realized I wanted to start making a little bit of money and not have to bartend and work in theater. ”