I really think, without trying to give us credit that we don't deserve, I really feel like Kurt and Blaine are a modern version of Lucy and Ricky. Oh, I'm Lucy for sure.
Chris ColferI love thinking that there is magic in the world, that there are people in the world with amazing abilities that we just don't know about.
Chris ColferI don't know much, But when push comes to shove, I definitely don't believe, There's such a thing as wrong love.
Chris ColferDon’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.
Chris ColferA voice that was never wanted has become a voice for so many people who don’t have one.
Chris ColferPeople still call me ma’am on the phone, and it’s just part of life now. I’m not even phased by it… Going through DriveThrus is always fun, because it’s always so shocking when they see me. It’d just be kind of like, ‘Thank you ma… woah!! Woah, sorry about that!’
Chris ColferTo Grandma, for being my first editor and giving me the best writing advice I’ve ever received: “Christopher, I think you should wait until you’re done with elementary school before worrying about being a failed writer.
Chris ColferTo be famous is to stand on a pedestal and give the world permission to tell you all your flaws.
Chris ColferBut one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.
Chris ColferWhat grinds me the most is that we’re sending kids out into the world who don’t know how to balance a checkbook, don’t know how to apply for a loan, don’t even know how to properly fill out a job application, but because they know the quadratic formula we consider them prepared for the world?
Chris ColferI grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying.
Chris ColferI’m not really afraid to be my awkward self, and I know there’s lots and lots of other people just like me out there that are awkward themselves. And I think they just appreciate that I’m not afraid to say the weird things that I say and tweet the obnoxious things that I tweet. But I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best. I think you just be honest. I think people respond to honesty.
Chris ColferI've been pushed down many flights of stairs in my time, but I always manage to find an elevator
Chris ColferI think I just want to leave my mark in some way. I hope I leave the world a better place than it was when I came, and I think the best way I can do that is through acting and writing, and hopefully it will make a difference someday.
Chris ColferLike having a great idea, life comes at you fast. It hits you and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. In a way, it's a lot like...lightning.
Chris ColferI was very tiny...I spent most of my time stuffed into lockers. Thank god for cell phones, or I'd still be there.
Chris ColferI was reading that lightning is a negative charge that comes from the friction that clouds carry. And since opposites attract, I would like to think that he was so positive the moment that he died, so happy, he pulled that bolt right out of the sky. I don’t know if that’s possible, but that’s what I believe.
Chris ColferIf you ask me, it doesn't matter what life you're living, life never has a solution. No matter how hard the struggles are that you leave behind, new struggles always take their place.
Chris ColferAnyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling.
Chris ColferI think every time a movie gets made, it's a miracle. I would love to get to a point where it became easier and it wasn't so much of a struggle to get it done or finished.
Chris ColferPeople only love you as long as they're getting something of you, but the minute you say something they don't want to hear or do something they don't want to see, all the admiration drains from their hearts.
Chris ColferA flame may love a snowflake, but they can never be together without each harming the other.
Chris ColferBut anyone can write, right?'" Conner asked. "I mean, that's why authors get judged so harshly, isn't it? Because technically everyone could do it if they wanted to." "Just because anyone can do something doesn't mean everyone should," Mrs. Peters said. "Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days.
Chris ColferI know I'm bitter and a little jaded, and mildly enjoy it, but am I a sad person? Am I happy? I plan on being happy in the future for sure, but it isn't here yet. So what does that make me, exactly?
Chris ColferWhen one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide!” I called out
Chris ColferWhoa, I've really got to stop making plans with fictional characters. It can't be healthy to develop relationships with people who don't exist.
Chris ColferIf you are going to live in a house made of candy, don't move next door to a couple of obese kids. A lot of these fairy-tale characters are missing common sense.
Chris ColferI wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy!
Chris Colfer...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.
Chris ColferI've learned that the more people embrace their disadvantages, the less disadvantaged they become!
Chris ColferIn what grade do we stop believing in ourselves? I asked. In what grade do we stop believing, period? I mean, SOMEONE has to be a Nobel Peace Prize winner. SOMEONE has to be a ballerina. Why not us?
Chris ColferYou don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.
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