John Crowley Quotes

I write in expectation that readers want to participate in a kind of two-sided game: They are trying to guess what I am up to - what the story's up to - and I'm giving them clues and matter to keep them interested without giving everything away at the start. Even the rules, if any, of the game are for the reader to discover.

John Crowley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 1, 1942

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I'll probably at some point get involved in Instagram and things like that because I feel it's reality, and it's the way people communicate.

Jennifer Connelly

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Often, I'll read a script and the female character's an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character's narrative and it just isn't fully formed. But they will be very beautiful. Whether a secretary or a doctor or a vet, they will be very beautiful.

Andrea Riseborough

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We must aim for a zero-tolerance approach to hospital-acquired infections; we have to be clear about who's in charge at ward level, so there's proper accountability, and we need to reduce the reliance on agency nursing staff.

Andrew Lansley

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For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live.

Maynard James Keenan

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I kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award. It wasn't the best kiss as far as kisses go, but I hold the fact that I kissed John Updike, that he kissed me, very close to my heart.

Ann Patchett

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Through most of my career, I've made a decent living making movies no one wants to see.

Jean-Luc Godard

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We've created rules and taxes on top of every aspiration of people, and the net result is we're not growing fast, income is not growing.

Jeb Bush

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Winning is good for your bottom line.

Rocky Wirtz

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There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir= and Picasso which may not be understood by the cartoonist, but it definitely is related even in the early Disney.

Roy Lichtenstein

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I didn't want to write travelogues.

Deborah Eisenberg

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Having said that, I believe we must not compound the natural disaster of Katrina by creating a fiscal disaster in Congress - it is our duty to ensure that we reign in other government spending in any event, and especially in this time of national emergency.

Chris Chocola

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I keep a really tight schedule.

Coco Martin

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