Andrew Sean Greer Quotes

You write three pages over six hours, and you don't feel like you've gotten anywhere, but if you've done a beautiful metaphor or a lovely sentence, or you finally got to some moment you wanted, then that's worth it. Then you can close your computer and get a little relief.

Andrew Sean Greer

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BeautifulMomentFeelWorthYou

Unfortunately, some people go to a restaurant, and they aren't really there to enjoy themselves. They're there because they think they deserve to be there or because they can just afford it.

Joe Dinicol

PeopleThinkRestaurantEnjoyGo

I think that musicians should never forget about the intimacy of bringing two people together, and the aesthetic transference where you're almost vicariously involved in a romance between other people.

Joe Williams

TogetherPeopleThinkMusiciansYou

But unfortunately, when you have a kid, you sometimes eat everything they leave behind. So far today I've had some of her leftover pancakes with peanut butter.

Joely Fisher

TodayYouSometimesKidEatLeave

For clothes, I like Dover Street Market and Acne. For vintage, I go to Mint just off Seven Dials. For shoes, it's Church's and Russell & Bromley.

Matt Smith

ShoesVintageChurchClothesStreet

Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films. You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off.

Michael Gambon

MeTheatreGenerationDoingYouUp

I get a stack of scripts, like, once a month, and most of the time, you find these placeholder girls that are there to provide a bounce for the male character. So we know he's funny because she's serious and she's mad at him. We know he's strong because she needs saving. So really, her job is to validate this personality trait of our hero or male.

Amber Heard

FunnyCharacterTimeHeroJobYou

When two people are paying close attention to each other, check out the others in the group and see who's observing. Human dynamics are amazing, but so much that you might learn is subconscious interplay.

Steven Erikson

PeopleAmazingLearnAttentionYou

If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.

Steve Prefontaine

GoodDayGood DayMeNobodyRace

While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

Rita Mae Brown

WomenCatsMeLaughMake Me Laugh

It is not nothing to ask someone holding an election certificate in the United States Senate to provide his or her vote.

Mike Lee

SomeoneElectionVoteNothingAsk

I didn't have a big-time contract out of college like most athletes. In fact I had no contract at all.

Lolo Jones

CollegeOutContractLikeFactMost

To me, there's nothing sexier than a guy in a well-tailored suit.

Joseph Abboud

MeNothingSuitGuyThanSexier

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