#boring

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon. ↗

— Mario Monti

#demand #government #hidden #italy #jargon

When prose gets too stylized and out of control - and Stein is sometimes a good example - when you don't know what the hell is going on, then it's kind of boring. ↗

— Rick Moody

#control #example #gets #going #good

You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there. ↗

— Rafael Nadal

#focus #just #out #play #point

People write about getting sick, they write about tummy trouble, they write about having to wait for a bus. They write about waiting. They write three pages about how long it took them to get a visa. I'm not interested in the boring parts. Everyone has tummy trouble. Everyone waits in line. I don't want to hear about it. ↗

— Paul Theroux

#boring #bus #everyone #get #getting

So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#become #boring #cartoonists #draw #find

Have you seen U2's live show? It's boring as hell. It's like watching CNN. ↗

— Sharon Osbourne

#cnn #hell #like #live #seen

One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#already #am #art #because #boring

The only thing I shy away from is non-consensual violence. I can't write a story where someone is a simple victim because it's boring. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#because #boring #i #only #shy

The most boring scenes are the scenes where a character is alone. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#boring #character #most #scenes #where

None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#boring #characters #i #like #me