Sitting Down Quotes - Page 10

• In general, fakirs, like scribes and potters, are sitting down, when he's standing up, a fakir is just like an other man, and sitting down, he'll be smaller than the others.

  Jose Saramago

  Men, Potters, Scribes

  "The Cave". Book by Jose Saramago, 2002.

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• Writing for me always requires trickery. Tricking myself into sitting down, letting words tumble out until you find the good ones. It's sort of a trance. And when a piece is done, I have little memory of how I wrote it, and zero confidence I'd ever be able to do it again.

  John Hodgman

  Zero, Memories, Writing

  "John Hodgman Discusses 'More Information Than You Require'". Online chat, www.washingtonpost.com. October 29, 2008.

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• I've never seen or heard of a mob sitting down to read a film script.

  Deepa Mehta

  Scripts, Film, Heard

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, "Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth." It's funny.

  Douglas Adams

  Writing, Artistic, Novel

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• When you're making a film you start living with it, and I find myself sitting down and figuring out a sound or melody that would go with a film, or a particular period. It's not brain surgery, you just kind of feel it along.

  Clint Eastwood

  Brain, Down And, Sound

  "Clint Eastwood As a Changeling". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2008.

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• The emphasis is on meditation in Tantric Zen. The experience of meditation in formal practice, zazen, where you're sitting down and meditating and concentrating.

  Frederick Lenz

  Philosophy, Practice, Meditation

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• It wasn't a case of me sitting down and thinking, right then, what shall I do with my life? Airline pilot? Plumber? Guitar manufacturer? Writer .... yeah, writer. I've always loved writing, from a very early age--I guess I was writing my first stories when I was still in single digits. It progressed, and the love of writing grew in my mind and is still growing. Doing it full-time, there are different stresses and tensions, and the business side of it comes to the fore sometimes. But I still love it, and I'm always thankful that I can do what I do and make a living from it.

  Tim Lebbon

  Stress, Writing, Thinking

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