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John Jeremiah Sullivan Quotes

It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: 1974

Topics

Curious Up English Fact Word Before

Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact.

Success Writing Same Cultures Thanks

Every day you run into artists on the streets in SoHo or other creative people you want to do something with. There's nothing to match that chance encounter.

Day Creative People Chance You Run

If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

I Am Blessed Someone Will Clean Out

I wanted to make America proud.

Proud America Make Wanted

Pre-production and post-production is something that I've never been exposed to. I was pleasantly surprised that you could accomplish a lot during pre-production.

You Accomplish Never Something Been

What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way. I figure I can only say things the way I say them, so I'm trying to do something that is kind of anti-generic.

Jason Robert Brown

Trying I Can Say Kind Personal Way

If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one.

Start Road Walking You Like Paving

Every so often, there is an article saying the old kind of talk show isn't possible now. In the oldest kind of talk show, you only had the choice of that or two other channels!

Saying You Choice Possible Channels

If one person in a thousand criticized me while all the others cheered, I didn't hear the cheers.

Dorothy Dandridge

Me Person Others Cheers Hear While

I'm kind of a closet redneck.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Kind Redneck Closet

If I want to hand one of my old shotguns that I've had for 50 years to my grandkid one day, I have to go through a federal transfer? It's crazy.

Donald Trump, Jr.

Day Crazy Go Want One Day Hand

Maybe I could have been good as a drawer if I had done it as much as I did writing, but it's more scary to draw. It's more revealing. You can't disguise yourself in drawing.

Good Yourself Writing Drawing You

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