K.A. Hill Quotes
The imagination is too often regarded merely as an indefinite, untraceable, indescribable something that does nothing but create fiction.
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.
I'm really quite hard to scare so it was about mining times when I have jumped, and what creeps me out.
Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.
The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.
To a happy war!' laughter echoed with all the insane glee of an army of psychopaths.
It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.
But leave us some magic in the world. Leave us some mystery to enjoy.
Don't ever have children, Tyler, unless you're ready to be afraid everyday for the rest of your life.
Some people make tunes, but it is lines that run like moving messages through my head. Whatever else I am saying and doing often has no bearing on this inner, verbal life.
It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.
Horror was rooted in sympathy . . . in understanding what it would be like to suffer the worst.
I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside.
Maybe freedom means defining yourself any way you want to be.
Hill House, she thought, You're as hard to get into as heaven.
If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all.
Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.
When you're in a train and it breaks down, well, there you is. But when you're in a plane and it breaks down, there you AIN'T.
Gold don't come off. What's good stays good no matter how much of a beating it takes.
There's only room for one hero in this story-and everyone knows the devil doesn't get to be the good guy.
I think, without question, the way someone plays sports shows something about inherently who they are, you know?
I grew up asking for everything under the sun for Christmas, but I knew I wasn't going to get it all.
The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
Besides the fact that I make movies, there's nothing interesting about my life at all, unfortunately.
The man with but one idea in his head is sure to exaggerate that to top-heaviness, and thus he loses his equilibrium.
There is no merit where there is no trial; and till experience stamps the mark of strength, cowards may pass for heroes, and faith for falsehood.
Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade.
When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine, See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd, The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.
When you're going to spend a couple of weeks with people, you want to be with people that are enjoyable.
When you work with kids, you realize if they have a really good, stable family environment that they're going to be okay.
When the writing is good and it suits your character, you don't have to memorize anything, because it just makes sense. You read it and you go, "Oh, that makes sense." And it's easy.
There's still formulaic stuff on network television, but there's also more of an opportunity to have your way with storytelling, especially in sitcoms. That's what the difference is.
Now, you always know there's going to be some compromise when you're doing something for television, and especially network television.
I'm usually sort of ambiguous in terms of whether I'm playing a good person or a bad person. I can walk that line of funny but also dark, and I'm happy doing that.
