M. Clarke Quotes

I'm quite fond of the writer who told a beginning author, "If you've got a message, use Western Union."

Sometimes the lies you tell are less frightening than the loneliness you might feel if you stopped telling them.

One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part of that.

Few nations match our rich resource of literature.

But it doesn't stop at school. We can all enjoy books throughout our lives - as I certainly continue to do.

I am not in any way opposed to medieval studies (or for that matter Latin).

Part of the problem is that he lacks confidence. He is nervous.

I don't mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the State to pay for them.

No! no arresting the vast wheel of time, That round and round still turns with onward might, Stern, dragging thousands to the dreaded night Of an unknown hereafter.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

I'm a stage actor, and we never get to see our performances.

My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.

Our points of reference in America aren't steeped in literature; they're steeped in that five minutes between commercials.

Some film actors want to sit back and look at every scene and all that crap. No, you're an actor - tell the story, and when it's told, there's another one to tell.

I can't believe I've done what I've done.

I was fighting it left all day, just enough to get myself in difficult positions to get up and down. The par 5s have been good to be all week, and the three places I missed, I didn't get good lies.

Forest of Arden was great for me. I couldn't finish outside the top five there no matter how hard I tried!

I grew up around horses, but acting and riding on camera is a whole different thing.

I looked around one stage school when I was maybe nine. It just scared the bejesus out of me. I was incredibly open, and the girls seemed fierce and determined.

Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.

I love my Spanish fans!

There is no reason why good books should be lowered or lessened being rewritten to meet the demands of people who are not ready or interested enough to make the effort to read.

I love seeing people get excited.

I still listen to black metal all the time - that's obviously one of my favorite kinds of music - but I steer from it very strongly.

I wanted people to connect with the lyrics, even if it's in some weird way, because they're all personal.

I've always had this thing where I've always seen my parents as people, from a very young age.

My mom really instilled in me this idea that parents are not perfect and they make mistakes.

A symbolic victory is still a victory.

Boxing remains an important living metaphor of the struggle for equality.

Sports are never just sports, we all know that. You're always carrying the flag in some way, shape or form.

Redefine the sport in terms of your expertise, in terms of your talent, in terms of your strength, in terms of your flair. Make it interesting. Make it something that people want to watch.

I still think that there's some kind of psychological investment in black athletes carrying the flag for "us" at times. So, sports [remains a] metaphor for struggle and triumph and flair.

Real sacrifice comes from self sacrifice.

If we are to know God, we must read His words, for therein He stands revealed to the honest in heart.

In the broader sense, work is the means to achieve happiness, prosperity. and salvation. When work and duty and joy are commingled, then man is at his best.

Truth is it's own witness.

You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.

Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.

Take thy self-denials gaily and cheerfully, and let the sunshine of thy gladness fall on dark things and bright alike, like the sunshine of the Almighty.

It is no natural for a man to pray that no theory can prevent him from doing it.

As an actor, the first thing you learn in drama school is you never judge.

In terms of publicity and interviews, well, it's really hard in this modern world to keep a sense of mystery.

My favorite part of any project is the preparation. It's where you get to meet the people, the experts.

I can't complain about the roles that have come my way.

The guy I read and I love is Irvin Yalom.

I am sick of living out of a suitcase.

I think that Jesus-dependency has taken over our minds, and too many of our institutions.

Break all the TVs, burn all the Bibles.

We're in a world of propaganda. Some of it is all to effective.