Way Quotes - Page 713

God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to leave you stuck in a state of defeat

Any writer knows that what's left out is as essential, if not more so, than what's there. Unlearning works that way.

Often they do go back and forth the whole way, and I don't know until the very end what the last line of the book is going to be. That was true here - the very last line of the book was the last thing that happened.

I do love that discovery of when you're trying to figure out how to make something work, and it happens in a way that you didn't predict.

I had a general outline of subjects. The way I start my days is my husband brings me a thermos of coffee up to the bedroom.

Although humor is present in every one of my films, it has always been used as a way to make the darker, heavier stuff in my stories more palatable. I never set out to make 'Humpday' a comedy.

The way to create more joy in your life is by having an attitude of abundance.

Every role that you accept makes you grow in some way. It's part of the creative process.

The way that I work is very specific, very thorough, and the process has to be totally clear.

If you write, one of the questions you're always trying to answer is, Where do you get your ideas? And, if you write, you know how pointless a question this is and how difficult it is to answer.

I wanted to be a dancer my whole life. And when I gave it up to act, I always had a really sad part of myself that missed it and missed performing and missed being physical in that way.

How incredible it is that in this fragile existence we should hate and destroy one another. There are possibilities enough for all who will abandon mastery over others to pursue mastery over nature. There is world enough for all to seek their happiness in their own way.

I am a compromiser and maneuverer. I try to get something. That's the way our system works.

In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones.

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result.

You have to be really good to get away with smashing a guitar.

The loss of Jerry Garcia feels like the end of an era in the same way it felt when Elvis died and John Lennon was killed.

I had a period after touring the first record where I didn't agree with the way things worked in the music industry as far as how you release music, demand, the pace of everything. You don't know who's talking to you. Who's Spotify? Who's iTunes? Who are all those bloggers? Who says I have to do this? Why do you have to do all this press? Why do I have to do so many shows? Why do I have to do a regular album right now? I don't understand it.

Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together. This should be enough for one who lives for truth and service to his fellow passengers on the way.

People can't help the way they look, just the way they act.

I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying we don't have work for black women. But right now I don't know what's next. I hope that there are more opportunities to come my way.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

I wasn't being critical of myself in the way I can normally be, and I was letting myself follow through with stuff. It was like a prolonged spontaneity.