Amor Towles Quotes

One thing my mom used to tell me was to look to the other side, and know that my present is not going to be everything. So if I'm having a bad day, she goes, 'Just imagine tomorrow. This is going to be over. This is going to be done with.'

When things go wrong or don't turn out the way you pictured them in your head, you just have to go with the best intentions defense. I have a lot of good intentions.

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.

For sure, you don't believe the good stuff. I mean, the good stuff is just insane - wacky. If you don't take it too much to heart, it does help when the negative stuff hits. And you know the negative stuff is coming. It's got to! What comes up must come down.

That was just my own personal program: I didn't want to get too high over the good moments because I didn't want to be saddened and depressed when things didn't go as I had planned.

I've got so much to do, I don't have time to sit down and be sad.

When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.

I can't imagine not joking even at the worst of times. And for me, it's sort of automatic.

It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens. There are other things I enjoy doing, and I involve myself in them.

I'm not the type of person who dwells too much on bad things.

I have to really enjoy the good things because it makes the bad things OK.

We made happy sounds because we were upset... just trying to make a positive situation out of a negative one.

When I get down, I don't waller around for long.

If they come after me and my bowling you get a bit down. But when I am fielding I think about it and there are worse things that can happen. I take in the atmosphere a bit and think this is not too bad.

I like to fool myself into thinking that whatever happens is OK.

I do a good job of staying positive and just moving on.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

I've learned to laugh most of the negativity off.

I say this all the time: I've always been really good at managing my expectations so that I'm not let down.

There's times where I go off the rails like anybody else. For the most part, I try to keep it, 'Hey, this is what we're dealt and this is the situation, so let's make the best of it.' Keep a positive attitude.

If I go through something bad, I try to turn it into something positive.

I always try to find a less frustrating way to look at things.

I have an optimistic view of everything. You have to, otherwise you'd go nuts.

but sometimes optimism is the only drug that works. But it’s sadly temporary in its effects.

When you think things are bad, when you feel sour and blue, when you start to get mad... you should do what I do! Just tell yourself, Duckie, you're really quite lucky! Some people are much more... oh, ever so much more... oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!