E.L. James Quotes

She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.

you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers!

"So you have your price."... "Your soul for a cookie."

Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl walking slowly below. - Cradle and All

Gamers co-author the games they play by the choices they make and how they choose to solve problems, since what they do can affect the course and sometimes the outcome of the game.

In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature.

The notion of infinity is our greatest friend; it is also the greatest enemy of our peace of mind.

One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.

No evidence against a firmly-held belief, no matter how good or abundant it may be, will sway the true believer.

In reality, there are no enemies; we're all souls in growth, waking up

Dude, are my eyes seeing what my brain is telling my eyes that they're seeing?

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

And what they dare to dream of, date to do.

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

The gift without the giver is rare.

Write like you're in love. Edit like you're in charge.

A writing teacher once told me that the most successful movies and books were simple plots about complex characters. You should be able to articulate your concept in a couple of lines.

There's a perilous word fiction writers need to watch out for. The word is 'had.'

The semi-colon is a burp, a hiccup. It's a drunk staggering out of the saloon at 2 a.m., grabbing your lapels on the way and asking you to listen to one more story.

The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just work on it until I start to hear different from my own, or the other characters.

It is in vain to expect any advantage from our profession of the truth, if we be not sincerely just and honest in our actions.

Africa is like a child that immediately cries for its babysitter when something goes wrong. Africa should stand on its own two feet.

I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or something like that that might have backfired. This I would just take as it came.

The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody in my - in my estimation

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

Although oil is a commodity, it's still not a commodity like coffee, which, thank God, we will have with us always. At some point the oil will run out.

If we want our regulators to do better, we have to embrace a simple idea: regulation isn't an obstacle to thriving free markets; it's a vital part of them.

The challenge is always to find the ultimate in the ordinary horseshit.

We could never have guessed We were already blessed where we are.

If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

I don't play the kind of music that works in a football stadium.

I think people are isolated because of the nature of human consciousness, and they like it when they feel the connection between themselves and someone else.

People should watch out for three things: avoid a major addiction, don't get so deeply into debt that it controls your life, and don't start a family before you're ready to settle down.

The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn't get lost enough.

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.

Being, I imagine, must be very simple. It is Becoming which is so messy and which I am all for.

What am I hanging around for? But I'm hanging around because it's still fun.

Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline

To have a certain new eight-and-a-hal f-minute-old light from the sun-to feel it physically, almost as we taste things-this is where you can work with light like that.

You start thinking the world is a certain way and forgetting that there's another world outside of the campus boundaries that has nothing to do with what is your world at the time.

I think that all things are spirit and are derived from spirit. When you look at life from that perspective, it takes on a whole new meaning.

When we think of our work as a gift, it radically changes what we create.

No one can stand in the way of your personal greatness

This is our great covenant: To dwell together in peace, To seek the truth in love, And to help one another.

I think you can say a lot with the movement of your camera but you can also say a lot by keeping it still.

We're not just horror fans. We're film fans. I love action films. I want to do action films. I want to do romantic comedies. I love all this stuff. So, if I find the good material, I'll do it.

An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements.

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics.

I maintain that two and two would continue to make four, in spite of the whine of the amateur for three, or the cry of the critic for five.