I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.

Only those of us live for centuries that decided not to live in their short lives.

It is expensive to give plays subtitles, especially for a short run, so most new dramas rarely cross the transcontinental bridge.

Life is too short not to start something stupid.

I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it.

As a kid, I was so short, it was tough for me to keep up with the taller guys. I always had quick feet, but I just didn’t have any power, really, as a kid.

Arts and crafts, or getting to be in a play with people, or making a little short film, that’s pure sugar, because the stakes are so low.

The industry’s memory is quite short, it’s true.

Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.

Something that’s very painful for me is when people wear pants that are too short.

Being 5′ 10, I was supposed to be too short to play college volleyball. So that gave me the hunger and the fire to say, Oh yeah? I’d just hit the crap out of the...

Just remember…if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off.

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.

We’re all slight hypocrites who fall short of our ideals.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.

The intention was to shoot short films that can exist as shorts independently, but when I put them all together, there are things that echo through them like the dialogue repeats; the situation is always...

In history, the moments during which reason and reconciliation prevail are short and fleeting.

I’m Razo, a member of Bayern’s Own,” he said, stopping himself from adding “Loafing is just a hobby of mine.””Bayern’s Own? But you’re a child.” Razo looked up to the sky. “I’m not a child,...

I have a lot of incomplete short films and incomplete scripts out there.

She was short on intellect, but long on shape.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers or brain cleansers.

Life is too short to plan it, and worse than all, no idea of how short

Life’s too short not to laugh about yourself and the cards you’re dealt.

I think so many people are reactive… they see things in a short term way they’re right up against it.

The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

The autumn leaf falls faster than the trees grow faster. (La feuille d’automne descend plus vite – Que les arbres ne grandissent plus vite.)

I wrote my first short story for a competition and won second prize. Another competition came up and I won first prize. The first story was published in a newspaper. The second went out on...

Because I’m short and slim, I can identify with somebody who’s an unlikely fit for something and desperately wants to be part of it.

The industry has a very short memory of what’s possible, and they like to typecast you.

High heels are a short (theist) woman’s (subconscious) way of telling God to go to hell … in public.

Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they’re short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there.

A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.

Of course China is an important new market for Tod’s, and of course we need to succeed commercially. But I believe the way to do that is not to aim to deliver results in the...

No matter how short or long your journey to your accomplishment is, if you don’t begin you can’t get there. Beginning is difficult, but unavoidable!

When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.

I suppose there are times when I can’t believe that I’ve lived the way that I have and done the things that I’ve done. Life’s a joke anyway. It’s all ridiculous. It’s all so short.

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

Good directors give short and specific instructions to their actors.

I worked 18 years to become an overnight success. Now MagicPlace.com will short circuit that process for people.

In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to...

My little secret before I do every scene is I say a short little prayer.

My hair was so much a part of my personality and all my photo shoots. I hid behind my hair. And then, I just decided I was okay with myself. To have short hair and...

Hand in hand they whispered for a while. The girl nodded and the bear laughed. Together, they made their way down the corridor and to the foot of the stairs.

There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away.

Us reaching the moon convinced Gorbachev and other leaders that the Soviet Union couldn’t compete with the U.S., so they revised their agenda. But people have short memories.

I try not to sell myself short, unless I’m giving myself a great price on the stuff.

I don’t think I’d have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I’d love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.

In short, software is eating the world.

I think of myself as a writer who photographs. Images, for me, can be considered poems, short stories or essays. And I’ve always thought the best place for my photographs was inside books of my...