Miss Potter  - Quotes

 Beatrix Potter:
[voiceover] There's something delicious about writing those first few words of a story. You can never quite tell where they will take you. Mine took me here, where I belong.
 

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My Blue Heaven  - Quotes

 
[Vincent Antonelli is questioned about the stolen goods in the trunk of the car he stole]
Hannah Stubbs:
The books...
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli:
You have something against books?
Hannah Stubbs:
I have nothing about books! I am curious about the books in your trunk.
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli:
You see, I was thinking of writing my story, so I bought this one on how to do it.
Hannah Stubbs:
Why do you need 25 copies of it?
Vincent 'Vinnie' Antonelli:
In case I want to read it more than once...
 

Best Week Ever  - Quotes

 Judah Friedlander:
[regarding celebrity children's books] If you look at these things... there's like four words on a page, it's like, "Oh Yeah your going to give me a million bucks writing a kids book. Cool."
 



Dune  - Quotes

 Jessica:
You see her standing there, so haughty, so confident. Let us hope she finds solace in her writing and her books. She'll have little else. She may have my son's name, but it is we, the ones who carry the name concubine, that history will call wives.
 

The English Patient  - Quotes

 Katharine Clifton:
My darling. I'm waiting for you. How long is the day in the dark? Or a week? The fire is gone, and I'm horribly cold. I really should drag myself outside but then there'd be the sun. I'm afraid I waste the light on the paintings, not writing these words. We die. We die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we've entered and swum up like rivers. Fears we've hidden in - like this wretched cave. I want all this marked on my body. Where the real countries are. Not boundaries drawn on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you'll come carry me out to the Palace of Winds. That's what I've wanted: to walk in such a place with you. With friends, on an earth without maps. The lamp has gone out and I'm writing in the darkness.
 

Mission Hill  - Quotes

 Andy French:
And don't think we forgot about you, Stogie! [dumps contents of can with Cyrillic writing into food dish]
Kevin French:
Andy, are you sure this is dog food?
Andy French:
Well, it has a picture of a dog on it. [Stogie sniffs food and backs away, whimpering]
 

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year  - Quotes

 Sharpay Evans:
I heard Kelsi is writing something amazing for Troy and Gabriella.
Ryan Evans:
[beat] A song, most likely.
 

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Serenity  - Quotes

 Capt. Malcolm Reynolds:
Half of writing history is hiding the truth.
 

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A Life Less Ordinary  - Quotes

 Robert:
I'm writing a novel myself, a lot of people say that, but in my case it's true.
 

Home Movies  - Quotes

 Brendon:
Whos writing this down?
Melissa Robbins:
I am
Brendon:
So read that last thing to me and really sell it big.
Melissa Robbins:
Okay Jason comes in and says you're acting like a barbarian.
Jason:
That was not even nearly what
Melissa Robbins:
Cause thats where I think the joke is. Cause thats where I think the joke is
Jason:
It seems edited by you Melissa
 

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Coneheads  - Quotes

 Highmaster:
Let it be written... are you writing this?
 

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Black Christmas  - Quotes

 Ms. Barbara MacHenry:
Didn't I see Clair earlier?
Kelli Presely:
Isn't she upstairs writing a card to her sister?
Melissa Kitt:
No, I think her sister picked her up earlier. Remember, this is the occasion for Clair and her sister and her mom to bury the hatchet and rediscover each other.
Dana Mathis:
I'd like to bury the hatchet with my sister... right in her head.
 

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Finding Forrester  - Quotes

 Jamal:
Man, fuck you William! You wanna know what the real bullshit is? How about you let me take on this one cause you're too damn scared to walk out that door and do something for somebody else. You're too damn scared, man! That's the only reason.
Forrester:
[throws glass against wall and breaks it] You don't know a goddamn thing about reason; There are no reasons! Reasons why some of us live and why some of us don't! Fortunately for you, you have decades to figure that out!
Jamal:
Yeah, and what's the reason in having a file cabinet full of writing and keeping the shit locked so nobody can read it? What is that man? I'm done with this shit.
 

Barton Fink  - Quotes

 
[Questioning Fink about Mundt]
Detective Deutsch:
What else?
Barton:
Trying to think. Nothing, really. He... he said he liked Jack Oakie pictures.
Detective Mastrionotti:
You know, ordinarily we say anything you might remember could be helpful. But I'll be frank with you, Fink. That is not helpful.
Detective Deutsch:
Notice how he's not writing it down?
 

Get Shorty  - Quotes

 Doris:
[looking at the room] My favorite color! Putty.
Harry Zimm:
What do you want, Doris?
Doris:
I miss Murray, Harry.
Harry Zimm:
Yeah, I miss him, too. Hell of a good writer, you know. I should know, I discovered him. Made him what he was.
Doris:
What he was, was a hack. He couldn't get a job writing for anybody but you. I'm being honest. He was a lousy writer, but he was a good husband. I just didn't know until it was too late.
Harry Zimm:
Yeah, well, twenty/twenty hindsight and all that. You know what they say.
Doris:
I hate being alone. The house is so quiet, so lonely. It needs a man's touch.
Harry Zimm:
Nice necklace, Doris.
 

Tomorrow Never Dies  - Quotes

 Elliot Carver:
Mr. Bond, Ms. Lin. Welcome to Saigon. Please come in.
James Bond:
It's always a pleasure to see you, Elliot.
Elliot Carver:
I wasn't planning on opening this center until tomorrow. But you're just in time to help me finish writing the inaugural story, YOUR obituaries.
 

The Man from Earth  - Quotes

 Edith:
My God, what is this? It looks like a genuine Van Gogh, but I've never seen it before...
Dan:
Is that an original, John?
John Oldman:
No, it's just a gift someone gave me.
Edith:
Still, it's a superb copy. Contemporaneous I think, may I take a closer look?
John Oldman:
Please, yeah.
Edith:
Yes, it's the same stretcher Van Gogh used.
Dan:
Hey, there's writing on the back. It's in French.
Edith:
To my friend Jacques Bon. Wonder who that was?
John Oldman:
Someone he knew, I guess.
 

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Kluchevoe deystvie  - Quotes

 Playwright:
I started writing because my father once said, the sitting man will always run better life than the standing one. He worked standing up, and I took his word for it. There might have been other reasons why I became a writer, but I can't recall them now.
 

For Love of the Game  - Quotes

 
[writing on a baseball]
Billy Chapel:
Tell them I'm through, "for love of the game", Billy Chapel
 

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Jupiter Landing  - Quotes

 Amber:
[Writing in her journal] Bert surprised me. There were no fireworks, no poetry. Just the single longest orgasm any woman has ever experienced in recorded history.
 

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Malcolm in the Middle  - Quotes

 Francis:
[finds cadet Finley in a cupboard] Finley, what are you doing in here?
Cadet Finley:
Poquito Cabeza!
Francis:
Get out of there.
Cadet Finley:
I can't. I've been marked by the Brothers of the Apocalypse!
Francis:
Please. Five seniors with limited imaginations.
Cadet Finley:
Easy for you to say. You've got Stanley protecting you, and you're not holding Poquito Cabeza.
Francis:
Would you stop saying "Poquito Cabeza" so much?
Cadet Finley:
I can't. Poquito Cabeza! Would you turn in my math homework for me?
Francis:
[erasing Finley's name and writing his own] Poor Finley. He's good at math, right?
Brothers of the Apocalypse:
[chanting] Finley, Boom-ba-yay. Finley, Boom-ba-yay.
Cadet Finley:
[gets carried away by gang] Oh, no. Aaaah!
Cadet Stanley:
Hold it. Fruit Loops? [Finley hands him a cereal box]
Cadet Stanley:
Continue.
Cadet Finley:
[as gang continues to chant] No! No! No!
 

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story  - Quotes

 Teacher:
Cale Crane?
Cale Crane:
Yes Ma'am?
Teacher:
Are you working on your creative writing assignment?
Cale Crane:
Yes Ma'am.
Teacher:
What's your story about?
Cale Crane:
It's about a king; in his castle... And a magic horse.
 

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Twin Sitters  - Quotes

 Thomas:
[approaching The Barbarian Brothers] Uh, David and Peter Falcone?
Peter Falcone:
Yeah, what's your name?
Thomas:
Well, my name is Thomas Sedgewick...
Peter Falcone:
[grabbing a pen and writing an autograph] Okay! "To: Thomas. May all your ups and downs be in bed! Peter Falcone." There ya go!
 

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Toy Soldiers  - Quotes

 Jonathan "Snuffy" Bradberry:
Oh yeah, that's wonderful. Now all we have to do is get Cali out of the Headmaster's Office which he hardly ever leaves, sneak past the guard, switch the chips without setting off them bombs, and then get out without being seen.
William "Billy" Tepper:
That's right. That's it exactly.
Jonathan "Snuffy" Bradberry:
I was attempting to be sarcastic.
William "Billy" Tepper:
Well you shouldn't have been. You should have been writing it down.
 

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Hoodwinked!  - Quotes

 The Wolf:
[receiving a lit stick of dynamite] What kind of candles are those?
Twitchy:
[pointing at writing on dynamite] Dee-na-mee-tay. Must be Italian.
 

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Margot at the Wedding  - Quotes

 Malcolm:
[Margot turns around; startled by Malcolm's presence] Sorry. I'm here.
Margot:
I didn't see you.
Malcolm:
I'm just writing my vows. I'm trying to do something appropriate but also funny. Not jokey, more character-based humour. You having an OK time?
Margot:
Yeah, besides Wizard getting out.
Malcolm:
Yeah. We'll find him. Or else, I don't know.
Margot:
We won't.
Malcolm:
Right. Or else, he's dead or something. It means a lot to Paul that you came.
Margot:
Yeah.
 

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Palmetto  - Quotes

 Harry Barber:
I tried writing again. Nothing came out that didn't sound bitter and cynical. And there's nothing worse than a writer who doesn't have anything to say.
 

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The Hours  - Quotes

 Leonard Woolf:
Do you think it's possible that bad writing actually attracts a higher incidence of error?
 

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Dawn of the Dead  - Quotes

 Andy:
[Kenneth is about to leave the mall, when he spots Andy on the roof, holding his sign] INFO?
Kenneth:
[writing back] Fort Pastor GONE. No help coming.
Andy:
[writing back] So what's the BAD news?
 

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The Human Stain  - Quotes

 Nathan Zuckerman:
I'm writing a book... it's called 'The Human Stain'.
 

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Wet Hot American Summer  - Quotes

 Lindsay:
What 'cha doing?
Andy:
Writing in my gournal. I write my thoughts in it every day.
Lindsay:
Oh, you mean a journal?
Andy:
Yeah, whatever. I guess I'm not all smart like you.
 

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Doubt  - Quotes

 Sister Aloysius Beauvier:
May I ask what you are writing down with that ball-point pen?
Father Brendan Flynn:
Oh, nothing. It's an idea for a sermon.
Sister Aloysius Beauvier:
You have one right now?
Father Brendan Flynn:
I get them all the time.
Sister Aloysius Beauvier:
How fortunate.
Father Brendan Flynn:
I forget them so I have to write them down.
Sister Aloysius Beauvier:
What is the idea?
Father Brendan Flynn:
Intolerance.
 

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider  - Quotes

 Lara Croft:
[after reading the ancient writing in the tomb] Right, so... Pretty much touch anything, and you get your head chopped off.
 

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper  - Quotes

 Skipper:
Eggnog at 2100 hours, writing our names in the snow at 2105.
Private:
Skipper?
 

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George Lucas in Love  - Quotes

 Aaron:
My script is now complete. Soon I will rule the industry, and you'll still be writing line one of whatever it's called.
George:
3XR-259.7
Aaron:
Exactly.
 

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Candyman  - Quotes

 Candyman:
I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom! Without these things, I am nothing. So now, I must shed innocent blood. COME WITH ME!
 

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Basic Instinct  - Quotes

 Nick:
Writing a book about it gives you an alibi for not killing him.
Catherine:
Yes it does, doesn't it?
 

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Crap Shoot: The Documentary  - Quotes

 Koji Sakai:
You can have the best director, you can have the best actors, but without good solid writing you don't have anything.
 

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National Treasure  - Quotes

 Shaw:
Prison.
Riley Poole:
Albuquerque. See I can do it too. Snorkel.
Shaw:
That's where the map is. Like he said, "Fifty-five in iron pen." "Iron pen" is a prison.
Ben Gates:
Or it could be, since the primary writing medium of the time was iron gall ink, the "pen" is... just a pen. But then why not say a pen? Why... why said "iron pen"?
Shaw:
'Cause it's a prison.
 

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Zilch  - Quotes

 Screenwriter's Assistant:
You understand that you are not really a screenwriter. You are just some schmuck with a piece of screenwriting software.
 

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Without a Paddle  - Quotes

 Dan Mott:
You guys are spraying me.
Tom Marshall:
Give me a break. I'm writing your name.
Dan Mott:
Stop it!
 

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Tetro  - Quotes

 
[from trailer]
Bennie:
[referring to Tetro's play] So what was it about?
Tetro:
Rivalry.
Bennie:
You're writing the story of our father...
 

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Dances with Wolves  - Quotes

 John Dunbar:
[writing in his diary] If it wasn't for my companion, I believe I'd be having the time of my life.
 

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Love! Valour! Compassion!  - Quotes

 Buzz Hauser:
I am sick to death of straight people. Tell the truth, aren't you? There's just too goddamn many of them. I was in a bank the other day; they were everywhere - writing checks, making deposits. Two of them were applying for a mortgage. It's disgusting! They're taking over. No one wants to talk about it, but it's true.
 

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Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh  - Quotes

 Candyman:
I am the writing on the wall, the whisper in the classroom.
 

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The Single Guy  - Quotes

 
[Jonathan is writing a kid-friendly sermon for a priest]
Jonathan Eliot:
I'm a Mighty Morphin' Power Prophet.
 

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Mr. Troop Mom  - Quotes

 Eddie Serrano:
Where's Naomi?
Paulina:
Uh, I think she was at the beach writing in her journal.
Eddie Serrano:
Great.
Paulina:
The one you read. Remember?
Eddie Serrano:
[Looking mildly irritated] "Want me to get my scissors?
Paulina:
No.
Eddie Serrano:
Go back to sleep. [Imitates Paulina while walking away]
Eddie Serrano:
The one you read. Remember?
 

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The Half Life of Timofey Berezin  - Quotes

 Shiv:
I need to see the shit.
Timofey:
You don't understand.
Shiv:
Fuck you! Let me see it! I want to see it!
Timofey:
Are you aware of the radiological effects on living organisms? Protons cut through your DNA rewriting your genetic code. The instructions for teeth become the recipe for cancer. Your marrow dies inside your bones taking with it your immune system. The next coughing person will become an infection, the smoke from your cigarette becomes lethal as a bullet. A thousandth of a gram can change a life.
Shiv:
Okay, I’ll put the cigarette out.
Timofey:
There is a right way to open this canister, no fewer than twenty wrong ways. Open it the wrong way and the material spills out. It costs thirty thousand dollars to learn the right way.
 



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