Quotes About Author

I was the token bumpkin. It became, 'Let's get that Clark guy. He's easy to get along with.'

I can't control the criticism. It's something you certainly don't appreciate, but by the same token, everybody is entitled to their opinion.

I think most of the ICOs you're seeing are not real token use cases. They're really securities, so I think the SEC should regulate that.

My mother used to work in a bank in Tokyo. It was a busy district, and after work, she used to go and watch films.

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

I try to live tolerance in my own way, which is why, as a politician, one of my key priorities is to stand up for human rights.

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

What you do, is you gradually become more and more experienced, and more and more realistic about dramatic tolerance, i.e. about how long the play should be.

If you're gay or religious you're always hearing this word tolerance. It's a pathetic word. It's actually just a politically correct word for the term intolerance.

I've lived the American Dream and had a great life. Immigration and religion and racial tolerance are the foundation of this country.

As a reader, I have a very short attention span and a low tolerance for boredom, and I find that comes in handy with my writing. If I get bored writing something, I pity the people who will then try to read it.

Secular societies establish tolerance by being equally non-accommodating toward all religious demands within the public sphere.

I took to the Eurovision stage as an opportunity to talk to Europe about tolerance and acceptance.

Portland is an amazing and awe-inspiring city. It's a city we cherish for its beauty. A city we love for its tolerance.

I don't think Americans would tolerate profiling.

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated.

I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.

Tolkien is eminently filmable, I think. 'The Lord of the Rings' is intensely... landscaped. But 'Discworld' is about dialogue, which is one reason why it might be hard to film.

People sort of accuse Tolkien of not being good with female characters, and I think that Eowyn actually proves that to be wrong to some degree. Eowyn is actually a strong female character, and she's a surprisingly modern character, considering who Tolkien actually was sort of a stuffy English professor in the 1930s and '40s.

The Beatles once approached Stanley Kubrick to do 'The Lord Of The Rings.' This was before Tolkien sold the rights. They approached him, and he said, 'No.'

I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration became my profession.

The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.

Tolkien was influenced by South Africa when he was writing 'Lord of the Rings.' It's really epic scenery.

Monopolies are bad and deserve their reputation when things are static and the monopolies function as toll collectors... But I think they're quite positive when they're dynamic and do something new.