E.L. James Quotes

The better the script is the more you can commit, but you can only really commit with full confidence when you know the material is as strong as your level of commitment to it and it frees you up.

First person narrative is a very effective tool but you have to know as a writer how to make it work.

If you have the material it will form itself as a kind of connective tissue.

People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I'm home.

Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all.

I love to make people laugh and love to make people smile. The first time I performed and heard the applause, that was the sound that I wanted to hear for the rest of my life.

Left vs. Right is an out-dated concept and an oversimplification of 21st Century politics

Photojournalists know the horrors of war can only be exposed at close range. Kodak Film.

I believe that I have now experienced the lifetime maximum exposure to bottom spanking in fantasy novels.

Remote villages and rural communities have lost their identity, and their charm and peace have been sacrificed to that worst of abominations, the automobile.

I'm quite a smiley guy, I have my moments, but I think I'm generally of a relatively optimistic nature.

Death, like virtue, has its degrees.

Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses.

Man's the bad child of the universe

They can only set free men free... And there is no need of that: Free men set themselves free.

One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.

A man is accountable to no person for his doings.

Parliaments are in all cases to declare what is good for the whole; but it is not the declaration of parliament that makes it so.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

The workers of America have power enough to topple the structure of capitalism at home and to lift the whole world with them when they rise.

No strike could ever be won with a Communist at its head since the employers would make victory impossible.

Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.

History is His story.

There is no discussion inside this boardroom to say we've got to get into this or that. We look at every growth opportunity on its merits.

Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success.

The whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: 'To know God and to show God.'

You are an endless project...changing, evolving, surprising.

I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you're sleeping.

"Jeez, was that a lion? Please tell me it’s behind bars." "It’s a zoo, Iggy,” Nudge said, taking his arms and leading him. "Everything’s behind bars."

Pick a tree. I'll carve our initials into it." -Fang

People always remember the worst day of their lifes. It becomes a part of them forever.

The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up to the Stage.

A nobler example, because a less personal one, of the pinch of poverty, is when it prevents the accomplishment of some cherished scheme for the benefit of the human race.

Somebody doing something effortlessly is a lovely thing to watch.

Im not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

Public order is a fragile thing, and if you don't fix the first broken window, soon all the windows will be broken.

I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom.

In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government

We must remain mindful of the potential impact of over-correcting the authorizations of the intelligence community.

Gabriel is a unique archangel in the sense that it is almost certain that she is the only female in the higher echelons.

The notion of a defense that will protect American cities is one that will not be achieved, but it is that goal that supplies the political magic, as it were, in the president's vision.

In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics.

Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

Once you learn what life is about, there is no way to erase that knowledge. If you try to do something else with your life, you will always sense that you are missing something

Prayer power is real. By putting it into action, we will be able to stay more constantly in higher awareness than ever before. If we can do that, the world will quickly change.

We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships.

If we knock on the door until it opens, not taking no for an answer, our lives will be transformed as we step up into a higher awareness.