Roy Blount Jr. Quotes

On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free. I gorged myself until my tummy ached.

When you first run up First Avenue in New York, if you don't get goose bumps, theres something wrong with you.

I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

You can see girls getting too excited and they start crying or worse. In a lot of these countries they don't get a lot of gigs to go to, so when they get to see their favorite artist they take full advantage of it. Obviously the excitement builds up too much for some on the night and they get a bit... crazy.

The first time I saw 'Star Wars,' I got so excited that I threw up.

I guess my thermometer for my baseball fever is still a goose bump.

I do feel a wave come over me when I hear those two words, 'Star' and 'Wars,' said together. I feel tense, shut up, and stare into the middle distance.

When I went to Boston, I tell people all the time, being able to be in that arena with those banners hanging up, it excited me.

Now, even when I see the trailers, I get so excited because it's like I'm seeing a movie that I haven't seen at all before, whatsoever. And then I just happen to be in it.

My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library.

No sign of pleasure greeted the announcement. The mood in the hall was leaden. My mood was livelier. Fright is livelier than lead.

When I'm on a red carpet I want somebody to feel something when they look at what I'm wearing, when they look at the entire ensemble, whether it be nostalgia or excitement, you know?

On Phantom... I listened to the music while I was reading the script. And it had just blown me away. I really... I was so excited about it. It's been a long time since I really got so excited about something.

The first film I remember seeing was Bambi. It has stayed with me because it was so sad.

As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and warmed the paper and ink inside the covers so that the smell of unread words hung in the air.

The first time I ever cried in a movie was in Dead Poet's Society.

Sometimes when you play music, you start thinking, "This is rocking!"

AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it—because it reminded him of her.

I wandered through the stacks, running my hands along the spines of the books on the shelves, they reminded me of cultured or opinionated guests at a wonderful party, whispering to each other.

Thanks for not freaking out," I said. "Oh, I'm freaking out," Paul promised, his eyes wide. "I just think it's awesome!

I am soooo excited, I am over-excited. I'm hysterical, I may have to slap my own face in a minute at this rate.

I'll never forget my first words in the theatre. "Peanuts. Popcorn."

It's very exciting to have fan response and fan reaction.

When you're really looking forward to something, you don't feel the sense of pressure.