Quotes About Ambiguity

On croit que les événements importants arrivent à une allure solennelle, un peu comme le Tsar débarquant en visite officielle. Mais ensuite on découvre que ces fameuses "choses importantes" se présentent de biais, furtivement. Et beaucoup plus tard encore, on ne sait plus si ces choses sont vraiment importantes.

I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.

The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition.

And there are no stars and that you're never really sure who's doing what and what voice is what and, you know what I mean? It's supposed to be quite elusive.

Here's the problem with talking about who I voted for. If I say I voted for Romney, then everybody's like, 'Of course.' If I say I voted for Obama, everybody's like, 'Of course.' And then I'm no longer the guy you can't figure out.

There is no such thing as security. There never has been.

I don't know how Hollywood sees me.

I was always drawn to the self-destructive kind of way. I thought there was something beautiful about it; I don't know why.

There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.

Shakespeare has no answers for us at all.

In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!

I'll give it a shot. But I don't know that a year from now I'm going to be here. Nobody does.

I don't really know what to say about Izzy. It's like you could have a conversation and think it's one way, and the next day, it's another way. And I'm not trying to take any shots at Izzy. It's just his thing is kind of his thing, whatever that is.

If you're playing the bad guy, you have to find what you like about them.

I think that everybody likes the bad guy.

These are the kinds of stories I'm really interested in telling: bad stories about bad people, I'm comfortable with.

People sometimes say that bands sound like The Cars, but when I hear it I don't know if they do or not.

So basically, I don't know what I'm talking about. But maybe I do.

I think every season in pre-season you go into it and everyone is saying, 'they'll be strong next season,' but you never know.

Advertising is a nebulous beast at the best of times.

I never really tell anyone what I'm writing beforehand because I usually don't know what it will be.

Right at the beginning, I didn't know if Miffy was a boy or girl.

There are no true answers, just shades of grey, coincidence, and circumstance.

that no trumpets could totally drown out the uncertain notes of the boy who doubted his place in the world.