Rodman Philbrick Quotes

The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.

If the story is good enough, if it's imaginative enough, if it's moving enough it is going to reach deeper than the level of sheer information and change somebody's life two degrees. That is an enormous achievement.

It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.

It is rare that you read scripts that genuinely move you and make you feel that, regardless of the commercial possibilities, you have to make the film.

I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.

I want my stories to move people ... to feel some kind of reward from the writing.

You got a way with words, you keep me smiling, even when it hurts.

You really have to do your job as a writer and push people to be as creative as possible. What's nice about the TV medium is you have such a connection to the characters that when somebody dies, the audience cries. They really feel it. You really don't cry when someone dies in a horror movie.

Love is the one thing that can really sure-enough lighten all of life's dark clouds.

[It] was written and sold. I knew it was a strong story because I cared about it and believed in it. I had no idea that it would have the effect it had on the audience. While most people ignored it, of course, and continue to live full and happy lives without reading it or anything else by me, there was still a surprisingly large group who responded to the story with some fervency.

I don't want to do the type of writing where I recite biography, parentage and education. I want to rise up from the words on the page and do something, hurt someone.

If I have left a wound inside you, it is not just your wound but mine as well.

A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.

Kind people have a way of working their way inside me and rooting there.

A smile is often the key thing.One is paid with a smile. One is rewarded with a smile. One is brightened by a smile. And the quality of a smile can make one die.

The fact that you touched somebody's soul or made them laugh-that's a wonderful thing.

Weeping for Anna Karenina and being terrified by Hannibal Lecter, entering the heart of darkness with Mistah Kurtz, having Holden Caulfield ring you up - some things should happen on soft pages, not cold metal.

A smile remains the most inexpensiv gift I can bestow on anyone and yet its powers can vanquish kingdoms.

Andrius turned. His eyes found mine. I'll see you he said. My face didn't wrinkle. I didn't utter a sound. But for the first time in months I cried. Tears popped from their dry sockets and sailed down my cheeks in one quick stream. I looked away. The NKVD called the bald man's name. Look at me wispered Andrius moving close. I'll see you he said. Just think about that. Just think about me bringing you your drawings. Picture it because I'll be there.

You were born with the power to change others. You change people by the way you treat them. That is what changes the human heart.

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.

When I perform, I don’t think about the haters, the Internet trolls, or anyone else. I care about giving the person in front of me something they won’t forget. And that’s why I bring the cake and raft out.

Affecting the world is obviously possible when we see people in the world who we really love and respect and we see how that they affect our lives.

Love is a positive effect. Love can never have a negative effect, only a positive effect. That would be the revelation of love. If you have a question of whether this is love, think about the effect.