John Edgar Wideman Quotes

The whole idea of spellbinding, of being an entertainer, being the center of the stage, making up words - that let me know that writing is nice.

John Edgar Wideman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1941

Topics

WordsMeWritingKnowNiceStage

Content is often the reason users come to your site.

Jesse James Garrett

ReasonContentComeYourOftenSite

I've never met a client who wants to be the worst.

Jerry Della Femina

WorstNeverClientWhoWantsMet

My personal mission statement is to combine the intimately human and the grandly cosmic. I like to think that science fiction works on these two different scales.

Robert J. Sawyer

ScienceThinkMissionPersonalHuman

You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.

Andy Murray

YourselfTalkingYouFeelingTry

I had to relearn how to ride a horse like an ape. I had to change how I jumped off and how I gripped them with my thighs and distribute my weight differently.

Andy Serkis

ChangeRideHorseOffWeightLike

For a Spaniard, Italy is the best place to live. You've got all the beauty, history, art, good food, and fashion.

Alvaro Morata

GoodBeautyLiveHistoryArtFood

If you have a business that isn't growing the top line, it's very hard to deliver attractive returns to shareholders.

Soren Skou

BusinessYouGrowingTopHardLine

Oh Lord... I don't really do pride.

Simon Rattle

PrideLordOhReally

Rock stars' wives have never been given an easy time. They weren't nice about Linda McCartney till she died.

Trudie Styler

StarsTimeEasyNiceRockNever

I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.

Mary Oliver

LifePrayerThinkMy LifeBecome

On the one hand Twitter gives you the opportunity to engage with people, which is great, but on the other there are people who feel they can say whatever they want, put poison out there, really, without fear of any repercussions.

Michael Sheen

FearOpportunityGreatPeopleYou

I went to Ethiopia, and it dawned on me that you can tell a starving, malnourished person because they've got a bloated belly and a bald head. And I realized that if you come through any American airport and see businessmen running through with bloated bellies and bald heads, that's malnutrition, too.

Dick Gregory

MeAmericanYouPersonBaldAirport

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