The Way Quotes

African American writers and artists, by the very nature of what they do, will actually enhance or bring together people in a way that might be very, very healthy.

You no longer have much in the way of knowing what to do in a big, epic novel about the future, because nobody knows what the hell is going to happen.

Certainty sees things in restrictive, protective, aggressive ways, and thus isn't seeing at all.

You can measure distance by time. 'How far away is it?' 'Oh about 20 minutes.' But it doesn't work the other way. 'When do you get off work?' 'Around 3 miles.'

Everybody in New York City knows there's way more cars than parking spaces. You see cars driving in New York all hours of the night. Its like musical chairs except everybody sat down around 1964.

If killing [animal research scientists] is the only way to stop them, then I said killing them would certainly be justified.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

If you're acting, then there's a prescribed way to behave; whereas in life there's no prescribed way. So acting feels like a comfortable way to get through the day.

I don't believe we need the government's help as much as some think we do. That belief sets me apart from the Democrats, since their way of dealing with everything is to tax and spend.

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too hard to follow.

There can be no better measure of our governance than the way we treat our children, and no greater failing on our part than to allow them to be subjected to violence, abuse or exploitation.

The message I want to give my fans is, always have a way to pull yourself out of the dark place. Don't sit and cry about it. Have your moment, and then get over it.

Telling the truth to yourself and someone you can trust are great ways to help elevate your whole emotional quality.

Old reference books are like tree rings. Without them, there'd be no way to know what a tree had lived through.

The way to get motivated and stay motivated is to identify, define, and emotionally connect to your dreams.

Doroga thumped a finger against his skull. Head got nothing to do with the heart. Your heart wants what it wants. Head got to learn that it can only kill the heart or else get out of the way

I think if we all acted the way we felt, four out of eight people at a dinner table would be sitting there sobbing.

I don't really prepare for each role the same way.

It may not seem obvious at first glance, but the way we make decisions in life tells a lot about the kind of faith we have in Jesus Christ.

Specific music starts feeding my imagination and gives me a landscape that corresponds somehow, in some abstract way, to the world I'm just starting to imagine.

My Emmy competition is awfully good. My stomach is already in knots. The problem is that I don't drink, so I can't calm myself that way. I wish I could be better at pretending I don't care.

Be a collector of good ideas, but don't trust your memory. The best collecting place for all of the ideas and information that comes your way is your journal.

I feel like I have to avoid certain thrift store-isms, having been known for the thrift store paintings. It's like I have to not paint that way.

I think there's a playfulness and a distance to Kavalier and Clay that I don't aspire to in my stuff. Maybe I'm more old-fashioned, and less of a fabulist, in that way.

What's interesting in archaeology is that we always understand other cultures by digging up their cities; architecture is almost always a way for us to formulate a diagram of how people used to live.

I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one.

There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

You know when I think about what I'm doing - what I'm doing and the way I'm doing it is more important to me than any amount of money or anything like that because it's my artistic work.

Let me repeat: Observe a particle as a wave, and it is a wave. Observe it as matter, and it is matter. ... Thus it is our point of view, the way we look at reality that makes reality the way it is.

I find it odd that theres such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions.

The easiest way to convince my kids that they don't really need something is to get it for them.

The first rule of survival is: Make your own rules. The hell anyone thinks about the way you're acting; listen only to yourself.

Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth.

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

Maybe with your emotions and your feelings, someone else can say it in a different way than you would, which brings new life to the way you might sing it.

You have to be true to the game you're covering, whether its being lite at times - I certainly try to be that way - but it is limiting because you're fitting it in around what's going on in the game.

I met with an accident on the way to the track; I arrived safely.

I just wanted to make sure that what I write is what appears on screen, to not have some idiot change it on its way to the screen.

When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.

Americans appreciate the way our friends around the world are sticking by us, and we all hope for their continued support in what's going to be some very trying times.

I believe in health care reform. I don't believe in the way this bill was passed.

You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.

My act is so completely and totally uncensored that the only way I could really pull it off is if I treat the audience like they're my best friends.

I like the way you hustle man.

You've got to think outside the box. If you can't, that's going to put you behind the power curve in a big way.

We all have different ways to do things.