Bryan Lee O'Malley Quotes

She claimed she loved the camera, its warmth, its familiarity. She responded to its naked glare, its slavish attention to every expression of her face and body, with the kind of immediacy a trusted lover could expect.

Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.

Everything is worth seeing once, and the more one sees the less one either wonders or admires.

Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.

Proximity bred familiarity, and familiarity bred comfort.

With each movie [Twilight saga], we went in trying to explore that character a little deeper, or in a different sense. But, at the same time, there was a comfort in knowing that you know this person.

I like working with people I know. It saves a lot of awkward conversations and getting-to-know-you kinda moments. You trust the people if you know them.

I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it helps to not be going into a room cold and to know people.

Monogamy is monotonous, but it's safe you know. And that's my philosophy. And I like to convey that to people.

Listen- all that she was then, all that she is now, those gestures, everything I remember but won't or can't articulate anymore, the perfect words that are somehow made imperfect when used to describe her and all that should remain unsaid about her- it is all unsupported by reason. I know that. But that enigmatic calm that attaches itself to people in the presence of reason- it's something from which I haven't been able to take comfort, not reliably, not since her.

Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.

People inspire me. Curiosity inspires me. Mystery inspires me.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays, I remember the kind of things that fascinated me. Weird things, even, about a wizard who lived in Africa and went to China to find a lamp... Fascinating to me because they were about things remote, and almost ethereal.

It's nice to go back with people that you already trust.

The camera gave me an incredible freedom. It gave me the ability to parade through the world and look at people and things very, very closely.

I'd have to swing by the house first to change into something more comfortable.” “That's fine,” he said. “I'm all for you changing into something more comfortable.” “I'll bet you are,” she said knowingly. “Now, don't start getting fresh,” he said, feigning offense. “I don't think we know each other well enough for that.

There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.

It was strange to be naked in front of anybody. It was like that cold water out there in the bay: scary, you didn’t think you could stand it, but then you plunged in and pretty soon you got used to it. There was enough hiding in life. Sometimes you just wanted to show somebody your tits.

To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.

When I'm doing interiors - especially the ones where you really have full creative freedom - it's about creating an environment for people to feel so comfortable and at ease. I want them to become inspired to live and feel better.

Reading is another thing that has made me more human by exposing me to worlds I might never have entered and people I might never meet.

It's great to have people come out. I do worry, though. They know me very intimately, in a way, if they listen to my show; they know a lot about me.

In Tokyo, London or Los Angeles people go into McDonald's and the restaurants are identical and people are comfortable. It's unthreatening.

I suppose the most important thing is to stay interested. It's very easy in life if you get to a place where you're successful to hit the same groove on the record player over and over again because it's safe.