Thinking Quotes

I think there have been some periods when the writing almost became a bit of a burden.

Read less, study less, but think more

Perhaps it is even more important to know what one should not think about than what one should think about.

Life is a reflection of what you think. If your thoughts are negative, the world you see will be the same.

I never did think I had brain damage.

I think if you touch ordinary people, they're simply ordinary people, the way they've always been. They work hard, they don't have really as much as they should.

It is hard to think of another composer who so perfectly marries form and passion.

I think culture's always been violent, and it is something we find very entertaining. Not only does it reflect our social reality, but it also reflects our psychic reality.

[Patrick Leonard] is such a magnificent composer. I don't think there is anybody working today with those kind of skills that could translate one of my tunes into that really beautiful chamber music.

That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.

Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be... someone else.

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.

Do you think to yourself, 'Wow, I saw this chicken and she was gorgeous?'

I think we are trying to improve for next week. Period. I do not think anybody is thinking about anything else.

Sometimes I wish I lived more in the day, but I'm happier thinking about tomorrow or the day after. The way I see it, there's always a new or next thing.

It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have encouraged that.

Everything is paradox. The danger is one-dimensional thinking.

I've been thinking so much about writing as a gift to readers - and how newness of subject (place or topic or person) is one of the biggest gifts at our disposal.

I would give worlds, could I believe One-half that is profess'd me; Affection! could I think it Thee, When Flattery has caress'd me.

I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and that shouldn't be part of the ballgame, ever.

I'm getting rather hoarse, I fear, After so much reciting: So, if you don't object, my dear, We'll try a glass of bitter beer - I think it looks inviting.

Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time.

If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.

I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.

I also believe that at a critical point (more than six people?), that collective wisdom turns into group think.

I used to think hard work made me come alive, honestly. I used to have a daily work schedule with millions of things on it and I thought, "This is wonderful!"

I don't think I'm funny.

The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.

I think it's important to keep the audience interested. But the best advice that I've gotten is to live in the moment. Sometimes you can get too into your head when you're in a scene.

I don't think I'd ever want to direct. I don't think I have as much discipline to direct as I would like to have, and I don't want my hair color to not go grey during that process.

Acting is still fun. It's still not even a career for me. I think the second it becomes a career is when I should stop.

I think the great thing about acting is that it's not all the same. You're constantly challenged and constantly pushed to your limit. It's nice to see how your body can adapt to these things.

And I think for me theres a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are.

I don't think I've ever googled myself.

Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.

I don't think many writers like their best-known piece of work, particularly when it was written a long time ago.

I think there's so many things happening, whether it's gender inequality or immigration, there's just so many issues happening around the world where not doing anything makes you guilty.

I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.

I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always wanted to write an animated score since I was a little kid.

One of the reasons I don't have kids is because I think people would have been very unfair to them. Think of it. You're still asking me questions about The Exorcist.

Being raised Catholic myself, I think people who are Catholic tend to carry a lot of guilt. It's almost a joke.

I don't think age is an ugly process. I think age is a beautiful thing. I love wrinkles. I don't like falling down. If I just wrinkle, I may not touch. If I fall down, I'll lift up.

All I'm thinking about today is cleaning my bathroom.

Well, I think it's important to stand as an advocate for the mentally ill.

The older I get the funnier I get...Think what I'll save in not having my face lifted.

We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.

I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!

I am a feminist, and I didn't think women would accept a throwback heroine.

I think I'm pretty down to earth.