American Quotes

Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine Free World.

Dreamland is a book, but it's my song in book form. It's translated itself into a different medium.

As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time.

About age ten, we moved from the place where I was born, moved overseas.

I'm a liberal arts junkie.

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something.

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work all my life.

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.

Not enough people in this world are happy.

I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.

I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

I feel like the health industry is getting nothing but stronger every day.

I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.

I enjoy money.

It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.

What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me.

One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you.

It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.

In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum.

I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the title in order to basically brand these movies my own.

Evil hiding among us is an ancient theme.

In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities.

To make Michael Myers frightening, I had him walk like a man, not a monster.

When I first got to L.A., I was stretching $20 a week, waiting tables, and I did that for about six months. I didn't mind it at all, I was really happy for that experience, but it made me really get aggressive about what I want. I've been doing this since I was eight, and never considered doing anyt

Well, I made an announcement to my family at 8 that I wanted to be an actor, and I focused like a laser beam on it. I never had a fallback plan.

Sometimes when I pick up a book off the shelf, when I'm buying a new book to read, I'll look at all of them and they all have the exact same words inside, but I'll think that one is meant to go home with me. I'll never pick the first thing off the shelf, I'll always go one behind.

Practice being in the moment when you are running, whether you are on your own or in the race.