E.L. James Quotes

Charity is from person to person; and it loses half, far more than half, its moral value when the giver is not brought into personal relation with those to whom he gives.

Our thoughts and our conduct are our own.

It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with.

I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.

All nations agree that ISAF and OEF need to work more closely together, and that when NATO takes over operations throughout the country that there must be unity of command.

The allies are looking carefully at the relationship.

My ideal reader is somebody who reads my poems out loud.

It makes sense to me that the polyglot wouldn't know what language he dreamed in.

In my case, performance is part of the medium. Sometimes I feel that it's my main medium, and that the presentation of my poems on the page is secondary.

I like poems that affect me emotionally and also provoke me to further, deeper thought. I enjoy challenge, but not, I think, for its own sake.

I do own CDs by Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Joni Mitchell, but I don't think of them as being major influences on my writing.

William Shakespeare tried hard to see every facet of every question, probably because he was more interested in questions than in answers. That's a big part of what makes him great, in my opinion.

When I'm most deeply involved in my writing, sometimes I do dream about poetry, and occasionally I wake up from a dream with a phrase that I like well enough to put it in a poem.

I often write from memory by walking around and talking to myself. Even when I'm working at a computer I write out loud, so that I can hear the poem's rhythm.

I want to reiterate that my understanding of the poem is not the poem's core, true meaning. Once a poem goes out into the world, the poet is just one more reader.

For me, intuitive thinking means associative thinking; intuition causes us to introduce narrative or figurative elements into a poem before we're able to explain why those elements belong.

Whenever I visit my family in Canada, I remind myself that what many Americans would consider forthright, many Canadians would consider overbearing.

I think that being mindful of your own biases tends to lead you into ambiguity, not clarity, and that following those ambiguities is the only way to approach the universal.

I'm a mix; I'm sure some of my Canadian friends find me very American, both in person and on the page.

The most difficult battle you ever fight is the battle to be unique in a world that will marshal its every force to keep you the same.

Animals are wonderful, because they put you in a great emotional state.

Trying is failing with honor

Buried deep within each of us is a spark of greatness, a spark than can be fanned into flames of passion and achievement. That spark is not outside of you it is born deep within you.

All results no matter how magnificent are infinitesimal when compared to future possibility.

Money won't ever make you happy, nor was it ever meant to. Happiness comes from within. Money at best will make you more comfortable.

Every great tradition has told you that you were created in the image and the likeness of the creative source. That means that you have God potential and power to create your world.

To read Wilson.. is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.

Writing is the worst part of being a writer.

Writing is such a singular and lonely occupation. And it's interesting; all of the work that you create is so singular.

We will each face times of difficulty, and the question is not when we will face them but how we will face them.

We may never know in this life why we face what we do, but we can feel confident that we can grow from the experience.

Kids will tease you for just about anything.

My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.

I've always thought that I'm kind of a cross between a young Bill Clinton and Lyle Lovett. And I just want to say I'm proud of that. Those are two good looking guys.

The older I get, the more vegetables I eat. I can't stress that more. Eating healthy really affects my work. You not only need to be physically prepared, but mentally and spiritually.

In a weird way, I live vicariously through the characters I play as an actor.

I'm a pretty private person, so I'd like to say I'm a good ear and that I keep my mouth shut.

I can't go to the hardware store, cut a sheet in half and staple it to the window anymore. It doesn't fly.

I grew up in a crazy, gypsy-like household of actors, dancers and loony Broadway people. It was their way of life, and I didn't know anything else.

I want to show up to work and take risks. I don't ever want to play it safe.

If you're not gonna pull the trigger, don't point the gun.

Machines are neither Republicans nor Democrats and therefore can never be consciously or even unconsciously biased.

I personally spend the majority of my time by far on outreach and education and fundraising and administration.

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs.

I do some solo, acoustic stuff, but I also like plugging in my electric guitar and playing loud with a band.

It is true thrift to use the best ingredients available and to waste nothing.

No vegetable exists which is not better slightly undercooked.

It's foolish to go through life bemoaning the fact that you can't have this or that. Twaddle! You can omit certain foods and still enjoy eating.

I’ve long said that if I were about to be executed and were given a choice of my last meal, it would be bacon and eggs.

People are always coming up to me and saying, 'I love you, love your work.' And then the next sentence is, 'I loved your brother.' John made people laugh, and laughter is a powerful thing.