Joan D. Vinge Quotes

Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write.

Joan D. Vinge

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

PerfectGoddessWriteThroughHead

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.

Jessica Simpson

MarriageYouPerfectOtherEach

If I play against you the first time - or it doesn't even have to be the first time - and you want to be all physical and just talk, or talking trash or whatever, it just gets me going.

Joel Embiid

TimeMeTalkingYouPlayWant

Sometimes, to move into the future, you must go back the past.

Andy Dunn

FuturePastYouBackGoSometimes

If you could literally 'rid' yourself of your problems by voicing them, I'd be all for it. But since that isn't so, why not reserve the spoken word for functional interactions and witticisms, if not declarations of love?

Amity Gaige

LoveYourselfProblemsYouWhyYour

I want to be in the big show, and to be in the big show, you have to practice. I have this attitude now that I'm going to take all the greatness I can. Nothing's going to stop me.

Steven Adler

AttitudeGreatnessPracticeMeYou

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.

Tom Hayden

CaliforniaTwiceBecauseTripsTried

The American people need to know that there are folks here fighting as hard as they can for individual liberty, economic freedom, appropriate national security and the fundamental moral values that have made our nation the greatest nation in the history of mankind.

Tom Price

FreedomHistoryPeopleFightingKnow

I like trying to create a spark through a collaboration between me and the audience.

Tom Stoppard

MeCollaborationSparkTryingCreate

The ballet world I don't think is an art form that is quick to change or to adjust or evolve.

Misty Copeland

ChangeArtWorldThinkQuickAdjust

I have quite an eclectic taste in music. I like Angus & Julia Stone; they are an Australian brother/sister duo. I like Adele. She is phenomenal.

Luke Mitchell

MusicStoneSheTasteDuoLike

It's hard to say what role race really played in my case.

Jayson Blair

SayRaceHardRolePlayedReally

I like some of Annie Proulx, some of those very brief stories of hers. And I love J. M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello. I like Geoff Dyer. I also liked W. G. Sebald, especially his book 'The Emigrants'.

David Shields

LoveBookLikeStoriesSomeThose

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