Magical realism is a blending of the unusual or supernatural into an otherwise ordinary setting. And, to me, this perfectly describes the South. 'The Sugar Queen' involves a lot of magical happenings, but in a very down-home Southern setting. It's full of things that could almost be true.
I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.
We love because it's the only true adventure.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.
It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.
You always want to get better, and I think that will remain true for the rest of my career.
Every man who has shown the world the way to beauty, to true culture, has been a rebel, a 'universal' without patriotism, without home, who has found his people everywhere.
Looking at where you went to school is a proxy; you assume, because someone went to a good school, therefore they must have the qualities you desire, even though that's not actually really true.
Those who realize their folly are not true fools.
It will be a dream come true if I can go there and lift it.
True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
I'm always uneasy with messages. I think if there is a message, it's about taking control of your life. Not becoming a victim. Be true to yourself. In essence it's about love in the drug culture.
While I don't satisfy my curiosity about the way I work, I'm terribly curious about the way other poets work. But I would think that's true about many of us.
Emotion is messy, contradictory... and true.
It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising.
Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.
People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.
It is not true that virtually all news in a totalitarian state is false.
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.
It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools.
No matter how successful you get in Hollywood, you cannot rest. Your new movie doesn't open well; they're looking for the next person to replace you; it's always something. You never have true peace.
It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Cliches are cliches because they are true.
The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased.
In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption.
God never made a promise that was too good to be true.
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.
Anything as good and true as that moral cannot be new at this late date.
If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.
It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
Happiness is making your dreams come true.
