R.X. Bird Quotes

I absolutely think that hand-drawn animation is valid and I actually hope to do one in the future with a large budget.

Japan offers as much novelty perhaps as an excursion to another planet.

I like pressure. I thrive on it.

The more you win, the better you're gonna get. It grows on itself.

I knew I was as good as anybody. That's not really bragging; it's just that I'd put the time in.

I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

In the closing seconds of every game, I want the ball in my hands for the last shot - not in anybody else's, not in anybody else's in the world.

You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind.

The truth is usually left for us to hunt and gather independently, if we are so inclined.

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

Its always the minorities who arent a part of the mainstream who define what the limits... of the majority are going to be.

If you look at a lot of animated movies, they don't pay attention to how things move through space.

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff

Most copywriters are like engines. They take a while to warm up to get to the point.

Men fear to lose as much as they hope to gain.

Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips.

When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep

Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?

Spending plenty of time on something can be the most sophisticated form of revenge.

A person’s destiny is something you look back at afterwards, not something to be known in advance.

We were young, and we had no need for prophecies. Just living was itself an act of prophecy.

I have never bought into the idea that blood is thicker than water. Love and respect are meant to be earned from our children, our spouses, our families, and our friends.

Science and time and necessity have propelled us, the United States, to be the general store of the world, dealers in everything. Most of all, merchants for a better way of life.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

It is easy to be popular. It is not easy to be just.

I mean, the greatest athletes in the world are African-American.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

The 'almighty dollar' is the true divinity, and its worship is universal.

My name's been on this check for a week now.

I've always been interested in jobs in the NBA. But I've been in this for 20 years and it might be time to do something else.

Coaches can talk and talk and talk about something, but if you get it on tape and show it to them, it is so much more effective.

Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

Perfectionism means that you try not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

You have to be emotionally attached to what you are doing.

Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine.

It is wonderful to be in on the creation of something, see it used, and then walk away and smile at it.

Even though Christmas can be a lot of work, we all know the bustle is worth the bother.

Sometimes I think I don't have much choice in the matter. It's just what happens, and I'm following my instincts the whole time.

We had a delicious dinner of too much.

Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with data or graphs or research.

My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it.

After macrobiotics, Zen, and channeling, the "poor Vanishing Indian" is once more the subject of "deep and meaningful conversation" in the high rises.

People who want to be tattooed don't always have good taste.

But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder.

I have three kids and a wife, and any moments that aren't dedicated to working on this film in some way, or family, are immediately reserved for sleep.

My opinion about basketball, the way I was taught, was when you step on the court, you play to win.