Quotes about american-writer
american-writer
But I am the same storyteller as always. Terry Brooks
american-writer art became less pursue realized subjected
This is why my art is about violence. Because I was subjected to so much of it as a kid. After that, and a lot of thinking, I became less violent. I realized that there must be other ways. So, I started to pursue them.
american-writer husband left lover nerve
A husband is what's left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted. Helen Rowland
american-writer friend knows likes man
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. Elbert Hubbard
american-writer fresh pieces rest seemed time
The rest were just pieces I liked, pieces that seemed fresh to me when I went back to them, sometimes for the first time in a long time. Roger Angell
american-writer freelance holding office sent work
Once I got out of school, I sent my clippings around and nabbed some freelance writing work while holding down full-time office jobs. Michael Musto
american-writer fascinated shut
Once I could persuade these guys that all I wanted to hear from them was what they did - Tell me what you do - once you can persuade someone that this is all you're after, you can't shut them up because we're all fascinated by what we do.
american-writer sharper
The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use. Washington Irving
american-writer art censor good performance piece since
A performance art piece is unprecedented. It is difficult to censor since it has a good possibility of never being done before.
american-writer dictionary knowing law says word
And it should be the law: If you use the word "paradigm" without knowing what the dictionary says it means, you go to jail. No exceptions. David Jones
american-writer good songs stuck time
And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time warp, because I can use as many of the old songs as I want to, just the favorites.
american-writer difference good mere performance pieces theater
All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
american-writer animals bigger brain men reasoning
All men are reasoning animals more than any other animal. They have a bigger brain and better brain. And we reason with our brain. Rex Stout
american-writer holding scholars-and-scholarship
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. Barbara de Angelis
american-writer last question west
How long that will last is another question because if they become more and more secure, they may, in fact, become more like West Europe. Robert Kagan
american-writer felt oppressive shame silent
I felt shame and failure, for all the compromises I'd made in my life. I could feel his silent disapproval of me. It was an oppressive thing. Joyce Maynard
american-writer happened reminds
That reminds me of something that happened to me when I was a yardbird. Jean Shepherd
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That reminds me of something that happened to me when I was a kid.
american-writer deprived eats inward knowledge woman worse
I know this, and the knowledge eats me like an inward animal: there is nothing worse for a woman than to be deprived of her womanliness. Jean Stafford
american-writer audience knowing musical opens surprise
A musical opens and everything is a surprise when the audience comes in. What you have to do is get used to knowing what to do - and do it quickly. Peter Stone
american-writer cut major mini priority small time ultimate
Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself. Denis Waitley
american-writer detailed goals learn moment motivational time
Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
american-writer good hand holding life playing poor success
Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
american-writer dwell energies finding focus forward moving spend toward
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.