F.E. Higgins Quotes
I remember distinctly telling my father-in-law, barring a miracle, we're going to have to terminate the pregnancy. Her health has to come first
I'm a Navy brat. You find that a lot of stage actors are Army or Navy brats, because they have the ability to make a big impression, make friends, and then leave just a few months later.
The love of your life won't be the man you end up with, and you'll always compare the two.
My dad always said to me that with fame comes great responsibility, which has always stuck with me, even though I think he stole that line from Spiderman.
But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive.
She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing.
Jazz needs the help. It's the more sophisticated music. All the other music is on the TV, but jazz isn't.
As a personal matter I don't give a damn where mosques, churches, temples or other religious shrines and symbols are built as long as they don't tear down decent saloons in the process.
Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions.
For the record, a mechanical engineer is responsible for how just about anything is built. We make sure any type of structure or vehicle or roadway is strong, safe and will stay together.
So the floodgates open, but nothing comes out. I’m feeling no relief in my head, just doubt. But my heart keeps telling me, 'hold your ground. You’ll never learn a thing if you bail out now.
I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home - it is a wonderful welcome home. It is the place to where I return and where I will always return because it is of Galway that I am.
Nobody ever got started on a career as a writer by exercising good judgment, and no one ever will, either, so the sooner you break the habit of relying on yours, the faster you will advance.
The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads, falls victim to romantic swoons and passes out at deadlines.
Words become meaningless, the mind cuts itself off from reality for a little while, a necessary breathing space until one is ready to cope.
The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.
I certainly understand very much what it's (like when) an expense comes up and you're trying to figure out how to pay for it.
When a scientist's son or daughter becomes a scientist they'll say "Wonderful! Wonderful!" So, why, in the name of God, would a mother be jealous to see her daughter become a successful writer?
It's something that - jazz is one of the few things that you can go and listen to, I don't care where you're from, what you are, what background you come from - there's something there for you.
The people in Japan know more about the history of jazz and the musicians than the people in the United States do.
But anything that you hear about Japan is nothing like what you see when you actually go over there and see it, you know, in a real situation.
A writer is always observant, of course... You can take the kernel of something - part of it - and use it in a book.
...if it comes to a choice between regulated studies on a few animals and a treatment for an incurable disease... most people reluctantly make the same choice.
Why must it be in human nature to hear one thing but to believe in another?" "Because we want things to get better," I said. "Otherwise we would all give up.
Rental formal wear of the sky-blue, brocade and shiny varieties is favored by upwardly mobile young gangsters drafted as groomsmen for weddings.
I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about.
I'm not a huge fan of improv theater or improv sports or whatever, because it still just looks like a tool. It looks like a technique to me.
Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.
I do miss sometimes being onstage, because when I do film and television, it's usually so brief and funny.
Maybe love isn't just a bouquet of roses once in a while. Maybe it's just sticking it out, when it's hard, when you're mad, when you're tired.
Love came when you weren't looking, except in the case of millions who found mates on Match.com, but, hey. It sounded good.
It doesn’t matter how old you are, what level of schooling you’ve had or where you live—stalking is innate to the female psyche. We’ve all been there.