E.L. James Quotes

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

From my perspective as a depth psychologist, I see that those who have a connection with story are in better shape and have better prognosis than those to whom story must be introduced.

Each person enters the world "called," like an oak tree, to fulfill their soul’s agenda.

If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free.

The impossible is the least that one can demand.

I'd much rather talk about guitar playing. I hate it when people ask me about my lyrics. I always feel like telling them to just go and read them.

The band? No way! There ain't no band. The band is not 'the band' right now. It's just three guys.

The fans like the idea we do what we want. It's not an act. Screw the record company and the beaten path. Without MTV or radio, we still have a huge underground following.

It is a terrible, an inexorable, law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own: in the face of one's victim, one sees oneself.

If I hadn't of had music in my life, it's quite possible I'd be dead and I'd much rather be alive.

There is something terribly radical about believing that one's own experience and images are important enough to speak about, much less to write about and to perform

Be still, then, thou uneasy mortal; know that God is unerringly wise; and be assured that, amidst the greatest multiplicity of beings, He does not overlook thee.

You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don't live the only life you have, you won't live some other life, you won't live any life at all.

A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing.

Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.

I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say.

Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career.

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet.

I hope I'm still alive to see an expedition set off for Mars.

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.

Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.

Beauty is a social necessity.

We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public sector is that part that nobody controls.

Google is where we go for answers. People used to go elsewhere or, more likely, stagger along not knowing.

All my films are love stories.

You can't waste time and you can't save time; you can only choose what you do at any given moment.

It sometimes seems as if curbing entropy is our quixotic purpose in this universe.

Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily identified with sanity.

Life sucks order from a sea of disorder.

A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.

By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery.

I always want to know the things one shouldn't do." "So as to do them?" asked her aunt. "So as to choose." said Isabel

We know what the surface of the moon is better than we know what the surface of the sea floor is.

I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican,' but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.

It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth.

I've been very lucky, considering what I look like and what I do.

It is a dark, dark world. If you're going to be in a dark world, I can't think of any better one to be in. I still think I'm very lucky to be in it.

Ideas are, in truth, force.

Everyone who plays the flute should learn singing.

A single James creation is worth the whole output of a 7th Avenue year's work.

Art is nothing more than the shadow of humanity.

It is difficult to speak adequately or justly of London. It is not a pleasant place; it is not agreeable, or cheerful, or easy, or exempt from reproach. It is only magnificent.

When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons.

Its not just a smile of momentary happiness. When it disappears from my face, it will stay with me.

...if you can accept the truth and live with it your heart will be at peace.

Not everyone who works hard makes their dream come true. You need luck and hard work and being in the right place at the right time but I still very much believe it's possible.

I am essentially optimistic. Being alive is incredible. Life is extraordinary and beautiful. It can be hard and sad and terrifying, but it's all we've got.

Art itself, in all its methods, is the child of religion. The highest and best works in architecture, sculpture and painting, poetry and music, have been born out of the religion of Nature.