Picture Quotes

It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to a publisher who does not publish picture books.

I always have a good reason for taking something out but I never have one for putting something in. And I don't want to, because that means that the picture is being painted predigested.

If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.

I mean, if you asked me what I'm going to be doing when I'm 85, I'd make a quick picture in my mind and, well, I'll be singing.

A picture is worth a thousand words. An interface is worth a thousand pictures.

In Ski Party we are reading up on how to have fun without sex. That was the theme of every AIP picture!

I always assume I look better than I actually do. I'll feel pretty good about myself when I leave the house, then I'll see a picture and think, 'Crap, I had no idea that's what I was looking like.'

Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.

Villains never know they are villains in a picture so I play this like I'm the nicest guy in the world.

I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box.

No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.

Acting is the physical representation of a mental picture and the projection of an emotional concept.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion picture is two-dimensional.

My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet.

In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.

I've made 122 movies, and I daresay there's a picture of mine showing somewhere in the world every day.

When they brought Roth back into the picture, obviously I didn't go along with that too well.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn't want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture.

Sometimes the picture that emerges of the man seems no longer to agree with our conception of the musician. In reality, however, there is a glorious unity.

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short, simple story that works well is just as exciting to me as any longer and more complex book.

I don't have an interest in any car that isn't good for the environment, other than maybe an aesthetic quality in a picture book.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

The result is a picture that represents so much of what I want and rarely get from a movie - a couple of hours filled with characters who are as exciting as the people I know in real life.

These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.

It was wonderful to play such a part, but I was disappointed with the picture.

I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

The administration needs to speak honestly with the American people. Exaggerating our progress in defeating the insurgency or in creating an Iraqi army paints a dangerous picture.