Padgett Powell Quotes

There's a snake lurking in the grass.

I've had a fair amount of experience with snakes, and I find them to be pretty honest in terms of how you read their body language and emotions. They'll tell you when they're grumpy. They'll tell you when they're okay.

I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!

Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying?

I always wanted to be a snake. Every time I saw a snake on TV. I'd always say 'Why not me?'

The best fiction stays with you and changes you.

Snakes are sick.

I have written a lot about snakes. There's something pretty primordial about it.

This snake's hard to kill.

Why wouldn't you be afraid of a Komodo dragon? It's a dragon. It's a dinosaur.

The goal is to blow the audience's mind.

I love snakes.

You're burned into my mind forever

RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, "Homo ventrambulans".

I once heard someone on a bus say that this guy had gotten under her skin. And it struck me as a remarkable thought - that someone would affect you so deeply they'd always be a part of you.

I had killed a big snake. I was now a big fellow.

No matter how often you see or talk to someone, no matter how much you know them or don't know them, you always fill up some space in their lives that can't ever be replaced the right way again once you leave it.

ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.

Love always leaves a significant mark.

All photographs aspire to the condition of being memorable - that is, unforgettable.

I have a very strong visual memory of the first time I made him laugh. That was remarkable. I was like, "Oh, God, I just made Jack Benny laugh."

Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume

I just fell in love with Thomas McGuane the minute I saw him. He was the handsomest guy I'd ever seen, and gorgeous and sexy, and he had long hair and cowboy boots and tight jeans. So it was truly an act of love, to say the least, and it ended up having a permanent impact on my life, obviously.