John Gregory Dunne Quotes

A writer is an eternal outsider, his nose pressed against whatever window on the other side of which he sees his material.

John Gregory Dunne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 25, 1932 - December 30, 2003

Topics

WindowWhateverOutsiderSideNose

I am a father. My son's name is Max and my daughter's name is Billie Grace. Twelve years ago Max was born with Down Syndrome. His journey has been complicated by infantile seizures, sleep apnea, dietary challenges and now, puberty!

John C. McGinley

FatherSonDaughterJourneySleep

What is it about the blank page that makes me want to hurl myself into a game of solitaire? I ask myself these kinds of questions while I'm playing solitaire.

Jennifer Gilmore

MyselfMeGameQuestionsPageWant

I tried to fit it in with some previous broad conceptual understanding of some part of mathematics that would clarify the particular problem I was thinking about.

Andrew Wiles

MathematicsThinkingProblemWould

There was a time I wouldn't fly to California if I had to spend the night. Can you believe it? I would not fly to California, the phrase was, 'if the sun has to set on me.' I just had prejudices against it.

John Cullum

TimeSunMeFlyNightBelieve

It became a question of do I want to be on a label where it could take three years to put out a record instead of putting out three records over the same period of time on my own.

Matthew Sweet

TimeThreeWantMy OwnQuestionOut

I think anyone in a relationship has to deal with temptation if they're being honest with themselves. People don't talk about it very much, but it's very honest. Guys and girls both have temptation.

Andy Grammer

RelationshipPeopleThinkTemptation

Sometimes it seems the whole purpose of pets is to bring death into the house.

John Updike

DeathPurposeHouseSometimesBring

Seeing is in itself a movement.

Robert Delaunay

SeeingMovementItself

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.

Robert Byrd

PeopleSpeakAmericanLibertySay

I think that if someone told me I could have been a visual artist, I might have been a visual artist instead. And if I'd known I could have done art history, I would have done that. But I just didn't know.

Robin Coste Lewis

HistoryArtMeThinkSomeoneArtist

Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is.

Ronald Reagan

AmericaForgetEverythingAbuseUs

I don't care what other people think.

Johnny Knoxville

PeopleThinkCareOther

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