Quotes about american-author
american-author career gotten literary main shows talk three time turned
For the first time in my literary career I have not gotten on the main talk shows in the morning. This year, I was turned down on all three shows. Vincent Bugliosi
american-author convincing time
At a time like this, scorching iron, not convincing argument, is needed.
american-author liberated liberates light people permission presence
As we let our light shine, we consciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others. Marianne Williamson
american-author compelling tried
I just try to write what I want to see. I tried to do that with 'Scream' and with 'Summer.' I just try to tell a compelling story. Kevin Williamson
american-author evolving gods life power race theme
I really appreciated his theme of life evolving from one race of gods to another, with one power having to give way to another, as Hyperion must. Dan Simmons
american-author careful pretend
Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut
american-author chicago community degree finished loved moved service spent summer work
I had spent a summer in Chicago doing community service work and loved the city, so when I finished my undergraduate degree I moved there permanently. Sara Paretsky
american-author meet members opportunity
I had an opportunity to meet some members of the public, which I have been doing in Rangoon, too. It was very educational for me.
american-author books boys hard high loyal number reading surprised work worth written
I'm very surprised at the high number of boys who have written to say that reading my books was hard work but worth it. I have many loyal boy readers. Beverly Cleary
american-author money
I never made lots of money at it, but I sold enough. Jack Vance
american-author effective human race weapon
The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter. Mark Twain
american-author direct english matter poem seems
The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a poem in the language that one understands and values. I don't see how you can do it otherwise. Robert Fitzgerald
american-author authors broad covers good hard questions sf
The hard part about questions like this is that SF covers such a broad spectrum. There are so many authors who are good at so many different things. Sarah Zettel
american-author both increased momentum moral particles social
The increased momentum of American life, both in its particles and its mass, unquestionably has a considerable moral and social value. Herbert Croly
american-author cannot future illiterate
The illiterate of the future are not those that cannot read or write. They are those that can not learn, unlearn, relearn. Alvin Toffler
american-author published writer
The idea that you are a writer because you're published is also a lie. Andrew Vachss
american-author hard produce understood work
And of course, it's hard to produce a work at the end of those years of solitude, which may or may not be understood or appreciated. Russell Banks
american-author arctic case clothes fatigue field work
The garments, in case you can't place them, are fatigue clothes and arctic field jackets. They are are work clothes, but what am I doing? Dashiell Hammett
american-author critics hundred opinions remember reviewers
The critics and reviewers of a hundred years from now, if they remember any of us at all, may have opinions much different from those of today. Fred Saberhagen
american-author broadway few good led others role
The first show I got that was a really big starring role on Broadway was 'Phantom of the Opera.' It led to a few others so it's been a good run. I can't complain.
american-author food hate junk mainly spend time turn waste
This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I hate to waste that time reading what may turn out to be junk food for the mind, when there's so much real writing to be read.
american-author biggest books learned remember word
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - look. Robert Fulghum
american-author half kinds last week
All kinds of folk, as you can imagine, have had things to say-as you well know-over the last week and a half about what you said. Tavis Smiley
american-author people realized since
You know, since the reviews have come out and people have reacted to it, I've realized that is in a sense what has happened. But as I was writing them, I didn't feel a part of any tradition. I think that would have been too overwhelming, in a sense. Jhumpa Lahiri
american-author choice consequences
Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
american-author few history majority oblivion records successes
The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.
american-author distant future goal ideal imagination imagine men people successful toward women work
All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose. Brian Tracy
american-author bicycle communication improve quality rapidly riding skill willing work
Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.
american-author opposite truth
The truth is balance, but the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie. Susan Sontag
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These are just the tip of the iceberg, because I read and read and read. I read everything.
american-author describe finish hard talk
It's hard for me to talk about anything I'm doing at the moment. It's only after I finish something that I can actually describe it in words.