Annie Gottlieb quotes

  • When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.

  • When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.

  • If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.

  • Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.

  • OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.

  • Before I take my last breath, before my last flower withers, I wish to live, I wish to make love, I wish to be in this world close to those who need me, those who I need, in order to learn, comprehend and rediscover that I can be and I want to be better at every moment.

  • Drinking champagne after making love is like taking a bath in chilled pearls.

  • The challenge to be the best is what drives me and to just improve my body every day.

  • You have to find it in the moment, and that's one of the challenges of being an actor - especially a film actor - is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There's no trick to it. You just have to do.

  • King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.

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