I didn't want to make soundtrack film or a gun movie. These are the reasons I wanted to make a movie. I wanted to make an adult movie.


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It must require bravery to be honest all the time.
VERONICA ROTH
Politeness is deception in pretty packaging.
VERONICA ROTH
You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you'...
VERONICA ROTH
I am selfish. I am brave.
VERONICA ROTH
Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.
VERONICA ROTH
Peter would probably throw a party if I stopped breathing.'

'Well,' he says, 'I would onl...
VERONICA ROTH
I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.
VERONICA ROTH
Living without virtues is to live divorced from society, seperated from the most important thing in ...
VERONICA ROTH
I don't need to relive my fears anymore. All I need to do now is try to overcome them.
VERONICA ROTH
The opinions of others cannot damage you.
VERONICA ROTH
It isn’t right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.
VERONICA ROTH
Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that dama...
VERONICA ROTH
She said that everyone has some evil inside them, and the first step to loving anyone is to recogniz...
VERONICA ROTH
As I see it, my focus has never been on masculine power rampant and triumphant but rather on the ant...
PHILIP ROTH
The wish fulfillment of growing younger is not necessarily all it's cracked up to be. You have n...
ERIC ROTH
I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in ...
ELI ROTH
A Jewish man with his parents alive is half the time a helpless infant!
PHILIP ROTH
What do you think they're going to do to us when they find us guilty?" she says after a few minutes ...
VERONICA ROTH
What has become clear is that lies are just a temporary solution to a permanent problem. Lying to sp...
VERONICA ROTH
I believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another...
VERONICA ROTH
Awkwardness aside, it's nice to be liked.
VERONICA ROTH
Freedom from obsession is not about something you do; it's about knowing who you are. It's about rec...
GENEEN ROTH
If we're not able to control the costs, we're in trouble. We know that entry-level divisions are the...
BILL ROTH
The Bull gives us tremendous coverage, particularly at night. Ninety percent of our broadcasts occur...
BILL ROTH
We had ink on paper on Wednesday, the people were moved in the following Monday, and roughly a month...
BILL ROTH
This is too big for us to make a 10-minute decision. We're going to think about it overnight. ... Th...
BILL ROTH
The other benefit is I think it underscores our blended approach to the business model. Because it i...
BILL ROTH
One of the biggest problems in IT right now is getting one app to talk to another at the application...
BILL ROTH
It provides a means to obtaining a sophisticated, single view of a customer.
BILL ROTH
Anytime you make a movie, the goal is a wide theatrical release, with the right distributor.
ELI ROTH
Much of my youth was spent in the parking lot or inside a Dunkin' Donuts.
ELI ROTH
This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.
VERONICA ROTH
Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.
VERONICA ROTH
Fear tends to manifest itself much more quickly than greed, so volatile markets tend to be on the do...
PHILIP ROTH
I might be in love with you." He smiles a little. "I'm waiting until I'm sure to tell you, though.
VERONICA ROTH
Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to f...
PHILIP ROTH
The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was...
VERONICS ROTH