That the author is speaking only to us, that he is writing only for us, that no one on Earth has the same relationship to that author as we do. I have the same fantasy every time I read a book I love, no matter who wrote it, no matter when it was written. That the author has written his book only for me.
Adam Langer
Related An author writes only half the book. The rest is written by readers. JOSEPH CONRAD My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finis... AMY TAN In other words I not only have to read that book, I have to read everything that author wrote.If you... JOHN IRVING Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part... VOLTAIRE When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after
the works of the author who has wri... JOSEPH ADDISON A tactic used by authors of virtually every single book I've ever read that propounds a conspira... VINCENT BUGLIOSI I read and feel that same compulsion; the desire to possess what he has written, which can only be s... PATTI SMITH The book that he has made renders its author this service in
return, that so long as the book survi... RICHARD AUNGERVYLE (AUNGERVILLE) (A/K/A RICHARD DE BURY) There is an enormous redundancy in every well-written book. With a well-written book I only read the... MARSHALL MCLUHAN I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must under... RICHARD CURTIS I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book. MICKEY SPILLANE Even after the dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') has gone, people will say, "I saw you eat... DADA BHAGWAN A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those ... MAUREEN JOHNSON No matter how many books you've written, whenever you sit down to write a new book, you always f... CASSANDRA CLARE I had written a book of short stories which was published under the title of "Uncle Tom's Children".... RICHARD WRIGHT There is only that moment, and the incredible certainty that everything under the sun has been writt... PAULO COELHO Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather ... E. L. DOCTOROW For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a... RUMER GODDEN Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS I have the right to do my own thinking. I am going to do it. I have never met any minister that I th... ROBERT G. INGERSOLL I no longer know the author of this book, for simply stopping long enough and writing it down was wh... RYAN ADAMS I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writi... EDWARD ST AUBYN Whence come I and whither go I? That is the great unfathomable question, the same for every one of u... MAX PLANCK When a book leaves its author's desk it changes. Even before anyone has read it, before eyes other t... SALMAN RUSHDIE I don't know what went on with Pau the last couple of years, I've only heard. I can only go on what ... DAMON STOUDAMIRE I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book. MICKEY SPILLANE I'm a commercial writer, not an "author." Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book. MICKEY SPILLANE God has lent us the earth for our life; it is a great entail. It belongs as much to those who are to... JOHN RUSKIN Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Of all that is written I love only what a man has written in his own blood. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth... ERNST MAYR With a novel, which takes perhaps years to write, the author is not the same man he was at the end o... GRAHAM GREENE No one really knows the value of book tours. Whether or not they're good ideas, or if they impro... ROSECRANS BALDWIN The two men had a conversation. Brief, cryptic, to the point. As though they had exchanged numbers a... ARUNDHATI ROY Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book. MICHAEL LEWIS My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. ... PATRICIA MACLACHLAN A relationship book I once read told women to use the word 'fun' whenever possible. The auth... JULIE KLAUSNER My favorite part was meeting the author. She is one of my favorite authors, and I liked the book, so... CAROLINE LELAND It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless ... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Napoleon , whe...
PIERRE-SIMON LAPLACE No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on ... LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE You are your greatest product and behind every book lies an author who wrote it. GERALDINE SOLON My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to t... J.K. ROWLING Tell your story to the universe and Let your actions speak LOVE.' No matter what it is. NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was goin... AKHIL SHARMA I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantas... ROBERT KAZINSKY I've only written one science-fiction book: 'Fahrenheit 451.' That book is a book based ... RAY BRADBURY When we had to do book reports, I would pick a book that no one read and just make it up and turn th... AHMET ZAPPA No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writ... ELIZABETH KOSTOVA When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the l... JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD Voltaire responded that, on the contrary, vivisection showed that the dog has the same organes de se... JEFFREY MOUSSAIEFF MASSON I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to p... EVGENY MOROZOV It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understa... FULTON J. SHEEN It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS The things of substance are the things that we need to focus on, but they are the things that seem t... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth - and that we h... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir. CARLY FIORINA The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to ... NORMAN COUSINS People who pretend to be your friend lead you up a garden path by saying everything that you want to... GARY F EVANS... An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're... JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA •|Without him I don't know what I would do."He's love is to Good to be True .He's the only one tha... NADIRA AHMED All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... JOAN DIDION We can never make proper goodbyes. It was your last ride in a Checker cab and you had no warning. It... COLSON WHITEHEAD The way a book is read- which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book- can have as m... NORMAN COUSINS I know things that eventually fades away and dies but one thing is for sure...and will stays as what... GUITARSDEPRESSIONS As a trial lawyer in front of a jury and an author of true-crime books, credibility has always meant... VINCENT BUGLIOSI It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have ... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we h... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that ... J.D. SALINGER We often compare the experience of writing a book to that of playing God. It is up to us, and only u... TAYLOR JENKINS REID It was a terrible day. I can only console myself with the fact that if it hadn't happened I wouldn't... DICK FRANCIS There is no way that the Fourth Gospel was written by John Zebedee or by any of the disciples of Jes... JOHN SHELBY SPONG Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself h... GAIL HAMILTON No defender of slavery, I concede that it has its benevolent aspects in lifting the Negro from savag... THOMAS JEFFERSON It excites me when people say, 'I can connect with this point,' no matter how small it is. That lets... JOYCE V. COAKLEY I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when I'm ... KESHA There is no such thing as a moral book or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. ... OSCAR WILDE We make love every single day — no matter what. She is the only woman I’ve seen that gets more b... TARRYN FISHER Open source is the same thing as proprietary code in that it belongs to the author, who can choose h... JASON MATUSOW When you are true to yourself, you will find yourself more easily able to pursue the things that mat... ELIZABETH ALRAUNE But there is in everything a reasonable division of labour. I have written the book, and nothing on ... G.K. CHESTERTON It's only awkward if it matters. JOYCE RACHELLE [D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a libra... NEIL GAIMAN is it any different to loaning a book to someone? There was a book in the US ( Secrets of the Ya Ya ... CORY DOCTOROW Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts wit... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. MIGNON MCLAUGHLIN Mr Shaw is (I suspect) the only man on earth who has never written any poetry. G. K. CHESTERTON As we passed his table, I saw that the device that imprisoned the book was clever but wicked-looking... DEAN KOONTZ I am really into how words sound out loud, so I was always the kid who would, like, read the page of... LORDE The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, d... TONI MORRISON We all want to be in love and find that person who is going to love us no matter how our feet smell,... WILL SMITH There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book.... BRYAN BURROUGH Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it... HENRY MILLER That is the true season of love, when we believe that we alone can love, that no one could ever have... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE What's more, I was free to do anything that did not hurt others that strengthened me and helped me i... SAMUEL R. DELANY Life – a book that we are not allowed to read before living, but only to anticipate what is writte... MARIANA FULGER After an author has been dead for some time, it becomes increasingly difficult for his publishers to... ROBERT BENCHLEY That points to the guy in Turkey, who is alleged to have paid the worm author for writing Zotob. GRAHAM CLULEY The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much... NORMAN COUSINS This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. GEORGE BURNS
More Adam Langer
In human life, art may arise from almost any activity, and once it does so, it is launched on a long... SUSANNE LANGER To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. BERNHARD LANGER But I think the guys are very happy to accommodate the people and that's part of golf in general. BERNHARD LANGER But I can tell you when I played golf in 1970, we had about 100 courses in Germany and now we have a... BERNHARD LANGER It was painful and difficult to look at. It is even harder to understand. You see one house on high ... BERNHARD LANGER And I was hitting it very solid. The last six holes I played extremely well. BERNHARD LANGER I'm very pleased with who we got, ... You can't count the British Open, so its the third best field ... BERNHARD LANGER I am more in favor of everybody being available and I feel we need the top players, but I am only on... BERNHARD LANGER I'm still in shock. I started hitting double-crosses out here and you can't do that. I didn't hit an... BERNHARD LANGER We're here to offer our support and provide the people with some hope. BERNHARD LANGER It was a fantastic response from Luke. The result could not have been better and it just shows how g... BERNHARD LANGER We sat in the house thinking it wasn't going to be all that bad in Boca Raton, and it was bad - much... BERNHARD LANGER Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature. SUZANNE LANGER Art is the creation of forms symbolic of human feeling. SUSANNE LANGER I don't know a lot about the Scots, but I'm aware they have beaten some of the English counties in t... JUSTIN LANGER He's a scratch golfer, so he knows what to do. BERNARD LANGER In general, you want to be careful. If we start, they are going to retaliate and I don't think that'... BERNARD LANGER I grew up a Catholic and I don't want to talk badly about the Catholic Church but there's a ... BERNHARD LANGER With over a century of combined industry experience, we have a first class management team that will... ALAN LANGER Governments, industry and people everywhere have to start reducing fossil fuel pollution as if our l... JULIA LANGER It will be my first tournament back in Europe after the Ryder Cup and I think it will be very specia... BERNHARD LANGER From losing a point after 16 to winning 17 with a birdie and 18 with a par, two of the most difficul... BERNHARD LANGER We promise you a sporting contest, but we have enjoyed having this trophy in Europe for the last two... BERNHARD LANGER It's an issue. We will meet with European tour officials in London next week to discuss the problem,... BERNHARD LANGER I would love to win this thing, ... It doesn't happen very often anymore and it gets harder all the ... BERNHARD LANGER [Robert Langer, director of Dell.com, notes that the Dell Talk area on the company's site also gives... ROBERT LANGER It's been a fantastic start by my guys. They've made some putts and I couldn't ask for anything more... BERNHARD LANGER Well, I've been playing pretty good. BERNHARD LANGER Officially I can say the chances are 75-25 - personally I feel its higher than that, BERNHARD LANGER The economic situation in Germany and Europe is difficult, BERNHARD LANGER They had a sustained fast-bowling attack that I haven't experienced since probably 1993 against the ... JUSTIN LANGER If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions. SUSANNE LANGER You can envision a whole range of minimally invasive surgical products that you could insert through... ROBERT LANGER We're in a great position and I've got a feeling the wicket's going to get harder to bat on and we'v... JUSTIN LANGER One of the heartening things is when the great players miss out a few times, it shows they're human ... JUSTIN LANGER Personally, I'm very disappointed because I went there to play cricket. I don't think you can ever s... JUSTIN LANGER We can take a lot of positives from just being here in Scotland, JUSTIN LANGER The main thing [we got] out of this game, it might sound silly, was a bit of togetherness, JUSTIN LANGER There are similarities here, JUSTIN LANGER We haven’t played well through this series but we've fought all the way and we're hanging in by th... JUSTIN LANGER Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification of nature. SUSANNE LANGER I think we have set a really good foundation, JUSTIN LANGER There are far more important things in life than making a putt or missing a putt or winning a champi... BERNHARD LANGER So when I was told to work, ten, twelve hours a day as an assistant pro, I didn't complain. It w... BERNHARD LANGER I grew up in the time of Germany after the war. BERNHARD LANGER I know thousands of German's who are totally different from me, so we're not alike, we'r... BERNHARD LANGER We are all human beings with our own little knick-knacks and ways of doing things. BERNHARD LANGER You can't cover people with perceptions because we are all different. BERNHARD LANGER I crack jokes and play games and that's really more my nature than being cold. BERNHARD LANGER People who are friends with me and who know me, know a side of me that is totally not cold. BERNHARD LANGER But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game. BERNHARD LANGER It's just a matter of hitting the ball where I want to hit it and hopefully making some putts. BERNHARD LANGER I'm nervous when I play in the Masters or most other tournaments. BERNHARD LANGER If you drag your shoe a bit those plastic spikes or rubber spikes can be almost as bad as metal spik... BERNHARD LANGER You can get some spiked up greens even with no metal spikes, it just depends. BERNHARD LANGER Every player has the option to have metal spikes or other spikes or whatever they feel most comforta... BERNHARD LANGER But I think the guys are very happy to accommodate the people and that's part of golf in general... BERNHARD LANGER That's the difference between golf and many other sports. You go to some other sporting events, ... BERNHARD LANGER We are in the entertaining business, they want to get autographs, they want to take something home, ... BERNHARD LANGER We all know, the ones who play golf, know what a wonderful game it is and what a great past-time it ... BERNHARD LANGER Wherever we play golf, people come out here to get autographs. They obviously come out to watch us p... BERNHARD LANGER You know, as you get older, the first thing you lose is memory. It seems to be happening with me. BERNHARD LANGER You know, why the game of golf is popular? Very easy, it's a great game. BERNHARD LANGER I like reading my bible, I like bible studies where I get together with others and talk about the wo... BERNHARD LANGER Well, the memories were obviously - every match is important, every point counts, especially the las... BERNHARD LANGER It's not life or death it's a game and at the end of the game there is going to be a winner ... BERNHARD LANGER It has been trending upwards over the past 150 years since the industrial revolution. JULIA LANGER The issue has come up throughout the series. I don't want to delve too deep but cricket has a great ... JUSTIN LANGER We havent played well through this series but we've fought all the way and we're hanging in by the... JUSTIN LANGER While we're still out there we're still a fighting chance, JUSTIN LANGER It hasn't been at the cutthroat edge we're used to playing at. We've played periods of very good cri... JUSTIN LANGER We are all together and can spend some time with our partners again, which is great. With this time ... JUSTIN LANGER Hopefully he's put seeds of doubt into the minds of England - perhaps for the whole series, JUSTIN LANGER I have a great life and I'm super active. A. J. LANGER I don't look at myself as suffering. A. J. LANGER If I'm not living from my heart, I get sick. A. J. LANGER You have to trust your body to take care of you. A. J. LANGER You can't be a victim and heal. A. J. LANGER Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or Destiny, is th... SUSANNE K. LANGER The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is to gratify wishes, as a ... SUSANNE K. LANGER Art is the objectification of feeling. SUSANNE K. LANGER Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature. SUSANNE K. LANGER In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves. ELLEN J. LANGER Not only do we as individuals get locked into single-minded views, but we also reinforce these views... ELLEN J. LANGER Love is somthing that can not be explained - the force that drives us to protect the ones we care ... ADAM Good people eat all their veggies and all the fruits, but they still have good grades. I call this, ... ADAM Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear... ADAM DURITZ Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating tur... ADAM DAVIDSON I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room o... ADAM DRIVER When I was getting started, I was so busy just fighting my way through, and I was under contract at ... ADAM WEST There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance. ADAM PEATY When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster. ADAM WEST You may love football, but that doesn't mean you have any business trying to play the sport. It&... ADAM GREEN I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedbac... ADAM OATES Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about i... ADAM GRANT So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't... ADAM LEVINE Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true... ADAM LEVINE You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care. ADAM MCKAY I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm... ADAM LEVINE The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was most... ADAM MICHNIK I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself th... ADAM LAMBERT I was kind of the black sheep with the Disney kids. I was uninterested in making friends with most o... ADAM LAMBERG I like sitting and writing with my buddies. ADAM SANDLER My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is g... ADAM SANDLER How many actors have a shot at being a part of something that became a part of pop culture? It's... ADAM WEST Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's... ADAM MCKAY It is unlikely that we will hit a home run anytime soon but if we are unable to get rid of offensive... ADAM DODEK That's the most amazing thing about writing, whether it's in prose or comics: that you can c... ADAM CHRISTOPHER Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something abou... ADAM CHRISTOPHER To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of ... ADAM CHRISTOPHER Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to sp... ADAM CHRISTOPHER 'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic... ADAM CHRISTOPHER My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the... ADAM CHRISTOPHER The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent ... ADAM CHRISTOPHER I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing ... ADAM CHRISTOPHER I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. ... ADAM CAROLLA I want to work for myself, and I do work for myself. I make plenty of money working for myself. ADAM CAROLLA All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a de... ADAM CAROLLA I get depressed at airports. ADAM CAROLLA Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story. ADAM CAROLLA There are certain things women are better at than men. ADAM CAROLLA I mean, we sit around and we go, you know, 'Torture doesn't work.' Well, it's been a... ADAM CAROLLA If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it. ADAM CAROLLA When you're doing a radio show, you can express yourself. ADAM CAROLLA I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an e... ADAM CAROLLA Well, guys are better at mechanical stuff and women are better at emotional stuff. ADAM CAROLLA Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes. ADAM CAROLLA I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist. ADAM CAROLLA The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If... ADAM CAROLLA You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you ... ADAM CAROLLA If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real est... ADAM CAROLLA When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off... ADAM CAROLLA I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. ... ADAM CAROLLA If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' ... ADAM CAROLLA My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bi... ADAM BROWN As a first movie, 'The Hobbit' is not a bad place to start. ADAM BROWN It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches. ADAM BROWN You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It... ADAM BROWN I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever. ADAM BRODY Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been loo... ADAM BRODY I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me. ADAM BRODY I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff - kissing - is kind of commonplace and not ... ADAM BRODY I have a pretty lousy voice. ADAM BRODY It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no? ADAM BRODY I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Sm... ADAM BRODY I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my... ADAM BRODY If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally. ADAM BRODY I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste. ADAM BRODY There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newp... ADAM BRODY Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls bef... ADAM BRODY My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically. ADAM BRODY I like to always have humour in whatever I do. ADAM BRODY I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are... ADAM BRODY I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain ag... ADAM BRODY It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I trul... ADAM BRODY It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your be... ADAM BRODY Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy. ADAM BRODY I'm a fake intellectual. ADAM BRODY I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surpris... ADAM BRODY I wish I came from a more pure place. I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. ... ADAM BRODY Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a toug... ADAM BRODY Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy. ADAM BRODY I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I go... ADAM BEACH When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was ... ADAM BEACH When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work ... ADAM BEACH I go to South Dakota for ceremonies when I have the time. And when you learn what the Indian peoples... ADAM BEACH I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground. ADAM BEACH What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indi... ADAM BEACH I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,... ADAM BEACH I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected. ADAM BEACH As a kid, I was just led out in the morning to go spend my day with my friends and just run in the w... ADAM BEACH It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and ... ADAM BEACH I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people want... ADAM BEACH Once you lose your parents, you get this numbness, this feeling of having to really be able to conne... ADAM BEACH I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we... ADAM BEACH Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies cha... ADAM BEACH Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I... ADAM BEACH I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting w... ADAM BEACH When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a... ADAM BEACH Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People wh... ADAM BEACH With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I... ADAM BEACH You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them. ADAM BEACH I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hop... ADAM BEACH I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they&... ADAM BEACH I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own. ADAM BALDWIN I'm no Leonardo DiCaprio. ADAM BALDWIN The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clin... ADAM BALDWIN I'm not much of a jokester. ADAM BALDWIN You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over. ADAM BALDWIN My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours. ADAM BALDWIN I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall. ADAM BALDWIN I think work begets work. ADAM BALDWIN What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it. ADAM BALDWIN The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines.... ADAM BALDWIN I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape. ADAM BALDWIN A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are e... ADAM BALDWIN I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch ... ADAM BALDWIN I'm like a fungus; you can't get rid of me. ADAM BALDWIN It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A... ADAM BALDWIN I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the ... ADAM BALDWIN