Andre Aciman Quotes

Writing the past is never a neutral act. Writing always asks the past to justify itself, to give its reasons... provided we can live with the reasons. What we want is a narrative, not a log; a tale, not a trial. This is why most people write memoirs using the conventions not of history, but of fiction.

Andre Aciman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1951

Topics

LiveHistoryPastPeopleWriting

At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.

Joe Bastianich

HomeTomatoSauceFreezeMakeLarge

I like ice hockey, but it's a frustrating game to watch. It's hard to keep your eyes on both the puck and the players and too much time passes between scoring in hockey. There are usually more fights than there are points.

Andy Rooney

EyesTimeGameHockeyIceToo Much

Language is one of the only things that we truly share, and I sometimes used this joint inheritance to obfuscate and deflect and justify myself: to re-brand what was good for me as something appearing good for us both, when I threw around terms like 'the sharing economy' and 'disruption' and 'global resourcing.'

Anand Giridharadas

GoodMyselfMeLanguageSometimes

As a Manhattan resident, I'm gutted by what certain landlords are doing, pushing folks who have lived in their apartments for decades out of their homes, as a greedy tactic to get more rent from newer tenants. It's one of the most disgusting, inhumane things I've ever witnessed in my beautiful city.

Amanda Warren

BeautifulCityDoingMoreRentOut

Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man.

Robert Winston

ManDeepAggressionModernKinds

My mum used to wear the guys' Chesty Bonds tanks, and I used to end up wearing them after she'd finish with them. She's a painter, and they would be covered in paint splatters. She would wear them and wear them until they were super-soft, and then I'd get them. But I was just a kid, so they were like a dress on me.

Ruby Rose

DressMeEndSheKidFinish

In 'The Hate U Give,' I play Big Mav', who was incarcerated for a number of years and is raising three children. He was a gang member but reformed himself, and he's trying to empower his children, help them understand the best way to keep out of trouble.

Russell Hornsby

ChildrenBestHateHelpTryingPlay

Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.

Mike Figgis

DramaFilmAlmostInterestedThen

I was a blueberry picker, bindery worker, bookstore clerk and later manager, and a Realtor.

Lisa McMann

ManagerClerkBookstoreLaterWorker

How many new rock stars have come around that have anything to say at all? Guys where you even want to know what they're thinking? Are they thinking? Where did it go astray?

Chris Robinson

StarsThinkingYouNewKnowRock

When I was kidnapped, my parents snapped into action. They rented out my room.

Woody Allen

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Yeah, writers do hate writing.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

HateWritingYeahWriters

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