I know, speaking for myself, no matter what I’m able to do, no matter what book comes out and ends up on paper, I always had something bigger and grander in my head. – Michael Cunningham
I’ve never had anyone put on a puppet show to convince me of anything. And I’ve done a lot of stuff. I don’t know that I would put the puppets on when I was pitching a show. This was the head of the studio putting a puppet show on. And I’ll tell you, he wasn’t bad. – Garry Shandling
Teaching is a great complement to writing. It’s very social and gets you out of your own head. It’s also very optimistic. It renews itself every year – it’s a renewable resource. – Eleanor Catton
The head of ISIS called for attacks during the season of Ramadan, which is what you have seen both in Orlando and now in Istanbul at the airport. – Mike McCaul
You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it’s not what you do, but the way you’re doing it and in the end that’s all that we have. – Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
No matter who you are, and no matter what you’ve accomplished, I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t still feel like they’re banging their head against some wall over something in their way. – Donna Lynne Champlin
I’m a writer; as soon as I imagine what would happen if I found the fountain of youth, it turns into a dystopia in my head. – Marie Brennan
Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head. – The Bible Matthew 8:20
I had been raised in the church, but I wasn’t a Christian. I had a lot of head knowledge but no heart knowledge. – Francine Rivers
Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you’re speaking two different languages. – Mary Elizabeth Winstead
My shaven head is my way of saying ‘I wont take no for an answer,’ it is my way of saying ‘I believe in my creativity and artistry.’ – Chrisette Michele
The West has always been the epicentre of possibility. One of the ways we forge against mortality is to head west. It’s to do with catching the sun before it slips behind the horizon. – Daniel Day-Lewis
Take advantage of the years of pioneering efforts. You might find this boring, as the young want to rush head on, as it were. – Edmund Hillary
An iron lung looks like an enormous metal coffin or a 19th-century rocket ship: only its occupant’s head is left outside, a tight seal around the neck. – Elizabeth McCracken
I have this very abstract idea in my head. I wouldn’t even want to call it stand-up, because stand-up conjures in one’s mind a comedian with a microphone standing onstage under a spotlight telling jokes to an audience. The direction I’m going in is eventually, you won’t know if it’s a joke or not. – Garry Shandling
There’s a lot of glorification of startups and being a founder. People brush the failures under the rug, but that’s the worst thing you can do. You kind of have to face it head on. – Christopher Poole
I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it. – Domhnall Gleeson
I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio – on the treadmill or a spin class – then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously! – Fleur East
The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep. – Dan Gable
Sometimes songwriters and singers forget that. They get a melody in their head and the notes will take precedence, so that they wind up forcing a word onto a melody. It doesn’t ring true. – Don Henley
You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times. – Felipe VI of Spain
To eat the boiled head of a pig sliced like salami is very strange. It may seem cutting edge, but it’s actually a lot older than any of the other traditional salami. – Mario Batali
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint. – Erma Bombeck
