Quotes About Perception

Maybe nothin' ain't real sho' nuff. Maybe 'taint no world. No elements, no nothin'. Maybe wese jus' somewhere in God's mind. But when he wiggled his tired toes the world thudded and throbbed before him.

dey's parched up from not knowin' things. Dem meatskins is got tuh rattle tuh make out they's alive. Let 'em consolate theyselves wid talk. 'Course, talkin' don't amount tuh uh hill uh beans when yuh can't do nothin' else. And listenin' tuh dat kind uh talk is jus' lak openin' yo' mouth and lettin' de moon shine down yo' throat.

Jus' cause you done set round and growed ruffles round yo' hips nobody can't mention fat 'thout you makin' out they talkin' bout you.

They don't know if life is a mess of cornmeal dumplings, and if love is a bed-quilt!

Yeah, a real nigga studies his woman. I

The truth is, I hadn't grown up really wanting to be a writer. The whole thing was a weird aberration in some ways, and I didn't feel personally connected to the level of success I had with it - the success of sorts, I guess.

I don't see midgets as abnormal people.

I don't think I know everything because I don't watch much news from abroad.

I absolutely do care what people think about me.

I find the world more absurd now than I did when I was a kid.

When you take a character seriously, there's more room for comedy because you're not aware of how absurd you are.

I see the absurdity in things, and I think it's my job to point it out.

I went to a very academic school, but I never really quite... I think because not that many people were particular creative or arty, I felt a little bit different.

I used to have a little Geordie accent when I was younger; they called me Little Geordie Fran.

I have a funny accent in every language.

My mother has lived abroad and I've grown up hearing her talk, so probably that's where I get this accent from.

I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent.

No one can understand my accent!

Why is it when a white actor or even a black actor does a British accent, it's considered art?

I would say the Geordie accent and the scouse accent are similar in terms of I don't understand anything!

It's my biggest advantage with girls - I'm going to try to keep my accent as much as can.

There's sometimes an accent on TV and it's like 'are you American?', because I can kind of pick up on it a little bit and I never want to be in that position.

I'm not conscious of having changed my accent.

As a Scotsman, my accent can sometimes be difficult for people to understand.