T.W. Shannon Quotes

I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you

There are certain things in life that you never forget. Things that dig deep, things that nest in the hadal zone.

They'd branded me like some kind of animal. Lower than an animal. A number.

My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My father, as usual, was wrong.

I'm often daydreaming and it's because I've always liked the idea of there being something more than the normal world.

Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or do anything. You feel: please take my novel.

Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get caught. But we're out there. Trust me.

I was born in 1991, and Harry Potter came out in 97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night.

I always felt that sci-fi and fantasy were my thing. Bit of a geek, Im afraid. But I like creating worlds, and I felt it was a genre that gave me more freedom. It just seemed like I belonged there.

I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.

The ability to keep a cool head in an emergency, maintain poise in the midst of excitement, and to refuse to be stampeded are true marks of leadership.

Hard to guess what people see in each other, fortunately for the continued existence of the human race.

I saw I could rhyme words. It came simply to me. But I wrote some pretty horrible songs that I still have on tape.

I eat ice cream. It's better than booze.

When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.

It's curious how many people are ready to believe that the highest prices guarantee the best value.

I really love having lots of down time with my kids.

I wonder why why why why why why, she ran away?

I went to drama school at New York University.

You hope you impact people on the deepest level you are capable of at the time. Sometimes you hit it, sometimes you don't. You're trying.

I think things get a lot better after high school. I think the ones that struggle during that time tend to have better experiences after.

When I was on 'Saturday Night Live,' all I did was work.

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.

I barely have time to watch stuff that I'm in, or my friends' stuff. The bar for writing has really elevated and it's really exciting, it's not just parts for 25-year-olds.

I don't want to do something, if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material.

I can't believe when you write something from within, how many people relate to it.

I'm healthy, I have beautiful children and a beautiful life. I don't want to go toward negative stuff because I'm scared.

I know this'll sound obnoxious, but acting was very much an accident for me. I didn't have, like, posters of Marlon Brando in my bedroom when I was growing up.

I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly.

I get pretty attached to the majority of the characters I play. I can't help myself.

I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.

I just keep working on things I like, and hope for the best. I hope people enjoy them.

It's always very daunting to play someone who actually existed. You have to honor that, and be specific and accurate and try to make people believe that you're that guy, which is really hard.

There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where to go: 'Meet us at the corner of such and so.'

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

One of the great things about acting is you can do things that in real life would get you in trouble. I think that's something I figured out pretty early on.

Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the main focus. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of room for anything else.

If you give me enough time, enough leash, I can become pretty reasonable.

I've heard it said that if you know English, Spanish, Italian, and I think it's French, you can go just about anywhere in this world...except for China where they have all those derelicts.

When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work.

People don't go to the movies to get the news, people don't go to the movies to learn a lesson. People go to the movie to get an emotional experience.

Sometimes when you feel the urge, you've just gotta go.

Warming up for the Brewers is that lefthander they got from the Mets, Bill Pulitzer.

I'm equally terrified of both comedy and drama. The only thing I'm really comfortable with is action.

I don't travel for fun, because I travel so much with my work; when I'm not working, I mostly want to stay home.

There's so much to watch, I can't even keep up.

I want to do something I feel like I can do.

Sometimes a fan comes up to me, and I'm really interested in how they're acting, so I'll study them and use that in my material.

The magic word for me is pumpernickel. I love pumpernickel. I must have some Russian blood in me because I could just eat pumpernickel and raw onions.