18 Quotes by Terry Rossio

Personal happiness is so important, most choose to let someone else take care of it.

The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach.

It is a rare man who can prevail in the face of comfort. Freedom is fragile and elusive, for rarely does the appreciation of it exceed the pleasure of being able to tell others what to do. There is but one tick on the accuracy scale between ‘optimism’ and ‘denial.’

Talent is truth on display.

Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

How do we not rue the many unchosen paths in life? A blessed lack of imagination. There are enough real glories along any path to swamp our meager ability to picture alternatives.

My lousy way of getting it done is better than your great way of not doing it.

Once learned, the ability to disagree with a smile pays valuable dividends for a lifetime.

It seems quite proper to fear achievement, which, after all, is proof that you’ve successfully moved an experience from the delightfully anticipated future into the forever and sadly lost past. Avoid as long as you can the ultimate indignity: a lifetime achievement award.