Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of T...
VAL KILMER I live on a ranch that's larger than Manhattan. That's a weird circumstance.
VAL KILMER I am not an American; I am the American.
VAL KILMER Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My br...
VAL KILMER There are a thousand ways to play any role.
VAL KILMER One out of 100 citizens of the U.S. is going to prison, and it's not that the system is making c...
VAL KILMER You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced.
VAL KILMER We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth...
VAL KILMER Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the w...
VAL KILMER Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, whi...
VAL KILMER News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television...
VAL KILMER My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
VAL KILMER I never had a business plan. I did, actually - I'm lying. My business plan was to get lucky, and...
VAL KILMER If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.
VAL KILMER Postman is a media analyst and his theory is that television doesn't influence our culture, but ...
VAL KILMER If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you...
VAL KILMER My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was...
VAL KILMER It's the first time that I've ever had an art show based on a film, but it's a photograp...
VAL KILMER I don't watch television, but I saw 'The Office' by accident. I thought it was so sophis...
VAL KILMER Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.
VAL KILMER Youth is seen as everything. You don't know anything when you're young. It's great being...
VAL KILMER Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of peopl...
VAL KILMER There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat th...
VAL KILMER Mark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels.
VAL KILMER Most films made about the future acquiesce toward death, and I don't want to be told how to defi...
VAL KILMER Warren Beatty once told me that if someone's really stuck on you, find them their next boyfriend...
VAL KILMER The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.
VAL KILMER I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, 'That's a huge idea.' ...
VAL KILMER It's fun to look at people that are so good at acting that aren't actors, like David Bowie c...
VAL KILMER I was stoned. It seemed like a fun thing to do at the time.
VAL KILMER The only time it's ever like work is when you don't like what you've done.
VAL KILMER And I'd be Dino.
VAL KILMER I'm sick of most of what Robert does,
VAL KILMER Daryl Hannah likes to goof around with fashion, but she does have pretty impeccable taste.
VAL KILMER I remember literally aching from laughing, with him telling the darkest story you could ever imagine...
VAL KILMER If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're ...
VAL KILMER Well I sure had been looking for a comedy for years without success. Partly because the town is just...
VAL KILMER He's just getting started, ... Now he can remember what happened yesterday. I do want to say somethi...
VAL KILMER I haven't taken you to any meetings, have I?
VAL KILMER I was surprised at how quickly I adapted to my role.
VAL KILMER I remember literally aching from laughing, with him telling the darkest story you could ever imagine...
VAL KILMER Batman Forever.
VAL KILMER Peter Sellers was just a brilliant actor, and also comedic.
VAL KILMER Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don&#...
VAL KILMER There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I...
VAL KILMER I don't think of my life as a cliche, but I'm a cliche eccentric. Complete with a strange na...
VAL KILMER There were 10,000 18-year-old girls at the MTV awards and I wanted to look cool.
VAL KILMER I'm just shy, ... I wanted to meet Robert because I liked his acting. But he was looking at me funny...
VAL KILMER I was never one to sit down and write a plan for my future.
JACK KILMER My parents always encouraged me to do creative stuff, to do weird stuff.
JACK KILMER What goes on between the actor and director is sacred.
JACK KILMER With 'Palo Alto' as the catalyst, I've surrounded myself with people that have kind of c...
JACK KILMER I admire James Franco. I admire somebody like Jack Nicholson. Anyone who just does movies for the sa...
JACK KILMER I've always been really into movies, and I definitely thought I'd be involved with movies at...
JACK KILMER I actually didn't always want to be an actor.
JACK KILMER Anything that would kind of label me or put me into a category is kind of what I want to avoid. I li...
JACK KILMER I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is...
JOYCE KILMER There is no peace to be taken
With poets who are young,
For they worry about the wars to be fo...
JOYCE KILMER I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest <...
JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. - "Trees".
JOYCE KILMER Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 Vain is the chimi...
JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never scan A tree as lovely as a man. . . . . A tree depicts divine...
JOYCE KILMER I actually lost 90 pounds over the course of 15 months in order to save money on life insurance.
DEREK KILMER When faith did come, it came, I think, by way of my little paralyzed daughter. Her lifeless hands le...
JOYCE KILMER There is no peace to be taken/ With poets who are young,/ For they worry about the wars to be fought...
JOYCE KILMER It is stern work, it is perilous work to thrust your hand in the sun And pull out a spark of immorta...
JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree
JOYCE KILMER The air is like a butterfly/ With frail blue wings/ The happy earth looks at the sky/ And sings.
JOYCE KILMER But only God can make a tree.
JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree Poems are made by fools like me, But only Go...
JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
JOYCE KILMER I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree Poems are made by fools like me, But only God...
JOYCE KILMER That second quarter was the best we have played all season.
DOUG KILMER Exactly what we're trying to do. We've been struggling on offense because we haven't moved the ball ...
DOUG KILMER I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.
JOYCE KILMER The fairy poet takes a sheet
Of moonbeam, silver white;
His ink is dew from daisies sweet,...
JOYCE KILMER I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... a...
VAL GUEST I won't be attempting to write Jane Austen-style prose - that would be suicidal. But I will atte...
VAL MCDERMID One of the reasons we all still read Jane Austen is because her books are about universal things whi...
VAL MCDERMID Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in th...
VAL MCDERMID I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broke...
VAL MCDERMID I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in the school holidays, and the only books in the house wer...
VAL MCDERMID The condition of rage is one in which I find myself starting my day - once I see the news headlines.
VAL MCDERMID There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
VAL MCDERMID I was thinking things had changed: that the next generation of men weren't as institutionally mi...
VAL MCDERMID I said to Ruth Rendell, 'When you've written as many books as you have, it's easier.'...
VAL MCDERMID I've never wanted to live in a ghetto or write in a ghetto. I want to write about a world that r...
VAL MCDERMID A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people ...
VAL MCDERMID I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time...
VAL MCDERMID We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at h...
VAL MCDERMID The thing is that quite a few of my books have ended up as they are because of conversations I'v...
VAL MCDERMID I came from a working-class family, but I was supported by a grant system and had my fees paid, so I...
VAL MCDERMID It was a bit unimaginable when I began that I'd ever get to 25 books. But it was also unimaginab...
VAL MCDERMID Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about ...
VAL MCDERMID The contemporary crime novel is, at its best, a novel of character. That's where the suspense co...
VAL MCDERMID I'd like to be more spontaneous.
VAL MCDERMID I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.
VAL MCDERMID Back in the day, when I started, you were still allowed to make mistakes. You got to make your mista...
VAL MCDERMID On one hand, you've got 'decent' men, and on the other you've got neanderthal misogy...
VAL MCDERMID I am the despair of my accountant; I am the plastic bags of receipts.
VAL MCDERMID We weren't dirt poor, but there was no spare money kicking around. While it was very much unders...
VAL MCDERMID The candor of a civilized mind comes from the ability to question self before action; the reverse is...
VAL UCHENDU If you don't make the best-seller list, if you don't get shortlisted for any prizes, it'...
VAL MCDERMID I have a vernacular house on the seaside in Northumberland and an Edwardian semi in south Manchester...
VAL MCDERMID I wrote Murder at the Windmill. And it was accepted and we made it and it was the first film I made ...
VAL GUEST Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that...
VAL GUEST I think Jane Austen builds suspense well in a couple of places, but she squanders it, and she gets t...
VAL MCDERMID You can't prove a negative. I can't prove there are no such thing as vampires any more than you can ...
VAL MCDERMID Father, everybody has mugs these days. It's not a sign of debauchery and disrepute to drink tea from...
VAL MCDERMID Admittedly, they [(places in novels)] didn't all have such ridiculous names as the ones in the Piddl...
VAL MCDERMID It was a source of constant disappointment to Catherine Morland that her life did not more closely r...
VAL MCDERMID Honestly, Mum, how can you say someone's a great writer if you've got a stack of reference books nex...
VAL MCDERMID When extremists extract concessions from democracies on points of principle, either by blackmail or ...
PHILIPPE VAL Creativity can turn into an avalanche or a tempest, but can also flow like a meandering tributary to...
VAL UCHENDU Chris has some nasty stuff and is hard to hit his fastball at 90 mph. He throws some breaking pitche...
VAL MCLEAN (Pratt) basically did the same thing in (the first game) as she did tonight. We put three different ...
VAL ANAE She rebounds, she steals the ball, sets up the assists. She's our bread and butter and has really pl...
VAL ANAE They're scrappy, they stay in it. They hang in there and hang in there and I give them credit. They ...
VAL ANAE They're not going to sit down. They'll be ready to take us. Our new rotation will take some time to ...
VAL ANAE If we come out half as hard as we do in practice, we're a different team.
VAL ANAE She's a great player, and that was a great shot.
VAL ANAE She really was the perfect choice to lead our team on the court for the next three years. She has pr...
VAL ACKERMAN We are very proud to unite the best of professional and college basketball as we look to reclaim our...
VAL ACKERMAN Our senior men's program will be tremendously served by Mike's extraordinary capabilities and statur...
VAL ACKERMAN It's been a long road,
VAL ACKERMAN We've got a business plan that's very specific,
VAL ACKERMAN We realize the gravity of the situation, ... Everybody concerned wants to see the U.S. back on top a...
VAL ACKERMAN She did it all this year with the poise of a veteran and class, ... It's hard to imagine a player wh...
VAL ACKERMAN There's every reason to be hopeful because it's a product that's good, and we have a distinctive aud...
VAL ACKERMAN This is our most competitive season ever. I'm sure it will end with a bang. With all the strong perf...
VAL ACKERMAN True friendship strives for neither power nor weakness; it holds a mirror to our strength and imperf...
VAL UCHENDU Cherish simple things such as family, friends and love, because great things appear simple from far ...
VAL UCHENDU Loss is like a wind, it either carries you to a new destination or it traps you in an ocean of stagn...
VAL UCHENDU Words come alive from a page or script because both the writer and actor were brave enough to neithe...
VAL UCHENDU It is only with the heart that one can see, hear and feel clearly. Think of an image, music or movie...
VAL UCHENDU If you seek success, serve others. If you
seek immortality give. Serve or give your
time...
VAL UCHENDU If you seek success, serve others. If you
seek immortality give. Serve or give your
time...
VAL UCHENDU There's no difficulty that love cannot conquer...
no door love cannot open...

No wa...
VAL UCHENDU Life is a gift and every day is an opportunity to share your gift with others. Don’t be grateful, ...
VAL UCHENDU This is good news to us all. We are defending the principle of the right for caricature and satire.
PHILIPPE VAL If you seek immortality, then give. For giving frees humanity from the bondage of time. When all is ...
VAL UCHENDU A closed fist cannot give. How can one give when the fist is closed? Yet, most people approach relat...
VAL UCHENDU It takes just one idea or act to connect the dots between hard work and success... Don’t relent un...
VAL UCHENDU The terrain is mountainous and difficult to access.
VAL CHARLTON Anyone can conquer anything, but the conquest of self frees the ego, and rewards one with limitless ...
VAL UCHENDU As I watched the sun began its daily routine, casting golden hue and illuminating cities, I wondered...
VAL UCHENDU Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it wa...
VAL GUEST Without passion, the earth will be full of hollow bodies devoid of love, relationship, religion, art...
VAL UCHENDU If you don't know the effect of
words, you are behind times.If
you want positivity, spea...
VAL UCHENDU When one's craft is rooted in strong relationship, he or she lures the into becoming a part of the s...
VAL UCHENDU Put in the time, learn something new, challenge your perception and know that a setback is an opport...
VAL UCHENDU Persona; dangles between a nostalgic subfusc and a spellbinding lucidity
VAL UCHENDU Cold feet under a warm blanket, steam over an empty mug--rain splatters on dry window pane--open jou...
VAL UCHENDU Faced with delicate issue, consider kindness and deference. It's neither familiarity, indifference n...
VAL UCHENDU Success is the ability to turn a pickle, a bump or an epic failure into an opportunity for success
VAL UCHENDU An artist must take comfort that there's no satisfaction whatsoever with one's creation, just a diss...
VAL UCHENDU To embody a slice of life on stage/film/script/book is awe-inspiring; like peeking into a window to ...
VAL UCHENDU Celebrate differences, give love, and more love. Anything short is a rigidity that cuts both ways an...
VAL UCHENDU Wisdom is the thin conduit between two opposing viewpoints
VAL UCHENDU Great moments are ephemeral, like a lovely text message or viral twitter moment, but when lived, it'...
VAL UCHENDU Not like others? You may be inspired differently. Be bold, step out, follow YOUR intuition, no matte...
VAL UCHENDU There're many ways to inspire others but the goal is the same. The pathways are different and must b...
VAL UCHENDU The mindset of loss of a loved one is to understand that the loss will never be undone. You must liv...
VAL UCHENDU Laugh to be refreshed, discover to be surprised, accept and celebrate differences to be happy
VAL UCHENDU Love is purely spiritual, until you can honestly accept and love your essence and truth, you have no...
VAL UCHENDU Opportunity must be captured; it only yields to those brave hearts that dare to try
VAL UCHENDU When an image depends on the next for a complete meaning, it moves the story and audience along with...
VAL UCHENDU An artist who works from impulse creates pathways for his body and emotion; the lines will naturally...
VAL UCHENDU Peace of mind comes from keeping people's opinion far away from self perception; one is steady and t...
VAL UCHENDU Nothing can resist a person who is
nonresistant... When you overcome
negative with posit...
VAL UCHENDU The earth is always changing...readjusting to our existence. Each era is full of unique challenges
VAL UCHENDU All art forms possess liberty beyond space and time, yet grounded by urgency of now, and a breath of...
VAL UCHENDU A society gets the criminals it deserves.
VAL MCDERMID He's a change of pace pitcher out of the bullpen.
VAL MCLEAN Brent is a good heads-up player in the outfield. David got a lot of work in a reserve role last year...
VAL MCLEAN We have 10 students and seniors signed up for the program. Most of the students taking part are girl...
VAL SULLIVAN You've got to allow kids to be kids. Our discipline will get better; I just wish we didn't have to p...
VAL TRUJILLO The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast th...
VAL MCDERMID I'm sorry you are wiser, I sorry you are taller; I liked you better foolish and I liked you better s...
ALINE MURRAY KILMER There's a strange lack of knowledge about the role of drag queens in our culture. I attribute this t...
JOSH KILMER-PURCELL A real parish is a wondrously beautiful web of human relationship which is given meaning by the man ...
C. KILMER MYERS We have relegated the saints to a pink and blue and gold world of plaster statuary that belongs to t...
C. KILMER MYERS We are content to place a statue of Francis of Assisi in the middle of a birdbath and let the whole ...
C. KILMER MYERS Blackouts can be fun if approached with the right mindset. You just can't sweat the fact that you've...
JOSH KILMER-PURCELL To tell you the truth. I am a wild and passionate novelist. I am therefore easily given over to tell...
VAL EDWARD SIMONE We fiction writers are a brazen lot, are we not? For we, in our passion, embrace just enough truth t...
VAL EDWARD SIMONE It seems that THC is creating a historic district without following one legal guideline. It's very, ...
JUDGE VAL BEARD I am very pleased to tell the crew they did a great job.
JUDGE VAL BEARD We need to sit down and get some ball-park numbers together and move on.
JUDGE VAL BEARD My first concern is THC asking us to spend tax dollars on private property. Secondly, I don't think ...
JUDGE VAL BEARD