Quotes about american-writer
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
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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. Roger Angell
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. Jean Shepherd
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.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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 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 awake finish habit home lie man night saying sleep thinking
Before marriage, a man will go home and lie awake all night thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll go to sleep before you finish saying it. Helen Rowland
american-writer fifty homesick people percent
Homesickness is nothing Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. John Cheever
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But I am the same storyteller as always. Terry Brooks
american-writer home
For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7. Jean Stafford
american-writer emotional intervene nobody parents people relationships
The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that. Madalyn Murray O'Hair
american-writer hear quite realized
I realized there was something I didn't quite like in myself that I didn't want to hear about.
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 enjoyment ongoing
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. Paul Goodman
american-writer united
Bill, The United States is not a company. It is a country. Stewart Alsop
american-writer believes gates logical particular reduced sequence technology ultimate
Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. Stewart Alsop
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You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. Barbara de Angelis