R- THE DON Quotes

No matter what decade science fiction comes from, it's representing the present.

You've got this piece of wood and some wires, pickups and some strings. How somebody uses that configuration to make something memorable, that's what's interesting to me.

The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time.

I think one of the reasons I love science fiction so much is that it's - when it's ideally done right, it's a reflection on ourselves.

I'm certainly not thrilled with everything the Eagles did, but there are some things I'm quite proud of.

Mainly, I thought of Barney Fife as a kid. You can always look into the faces of kids and see what they're thinking, if they're happy or sad. That's what I tried to do with Barney.

Who knows how long this will last, now we've come so far so fast.

There's a degree of deception in silence.

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.

When you are the first of anything, there is a bigger responsibility put on you.

I remember a time when things were a lot more fun around here, when good was good and evil was evil, before things got fuzzy.

We're being treated to the wisdom of some puffed up, little fart. Doing exactly what I used to do, pretensions to anarchy and art.

If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is.

There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.

When we played, World Series checks meant something. Now all they do is screw up your taxes.

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

I slept for four years. I didn't study much of anything. I majored in something called communication arts.

the only way Bex would miss this would be if she were unconscious. And tied up. And in a concrete bunker. In Siberia.

To become a WRITER I had to learn to INTERRUPT, to speak up, to speak a little louder, and then LOUDER, and then to just speak in my own voice which is NOT LOUD AT ALL.

The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

When birds look into houses, what impossible worlds they see.

Writers often torture themselves trying to get the words right. Sometimes you must lower your expectations and just finish it.

The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation.

If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.

Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it.

People in the business will stay with you through drugs and alcohol and divorces and insanity and everything else, but you have a failure, pal, and they don't want to know nothing about you!

Regarding the creative: never assume you're the master, only the student. Your audience will determine if you're masterful.

A writer always writes.

Just as the Internet drops transaction and collaboration costs in business and government, it also drops the cost of dissent, of rebellion, and even insurrection.

With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual world to tell the story.

All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God.

Virtual reality is a self-created form of chosen reality. Therefore it exists.

When I can't sleep I count the buckles on my straightjacket.

My bones are as hard as a rock. Every time I have a biopsy, the doctors are doing hand exercises a week, ten days out.

I plan to die at my desk.

Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film.

If we can send a guy to the moon we can certainly go a quarter of a mile and not get hurt.

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.

My last comment was, though, that Congress has cooked the books.

At the end of the day, the Arsenal fans demand that we put eleven players on the pitch

I don't get into politics. I know [Donald] Trump, but I don't follow that. That's just an aside for him when he has nothing else to say. He never involved me in any of that stuff.

I was always the guy - out of insecurities, I was always making fun, even as a kid.

Golf may be a hussy, but I love her.

Golf is not sacred, and there is no use getting so gosh-darned solemn about it.

I'm still learning. I've never done a digital project before. And I'm pretty sure I did things to the software that weren't supposed to be done.

It takes many years to be a great comedian.

Intuition is more than knowledge, and truth comes pure from the heart.