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Maya Angelou Quotes

It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014

Topics

Writing Book You Measure Never Been

I think an actor's process should be very personal and private, and sometimes I have thought, 'Oh, please, put it away now.'

Maxine Peake

Think Thought Process Now Sometimes

I loved working with Eva Longoria.

Anna Faris

Loved Working Eva

I loved George Carlin and Dean Martin. I was one of those kids who had every comedy album.

Stephen Colbert

Loved Comedy Who Kids Album Those

With Pavement, we had no managers and never had a lawyer. We got lucky with not signing any bad deals.

Stephen Malkmus

Lawyer Bad Lucky Never Got Signing

When the Internet first came, I thought it was just the beacon of freedom. People could communicate with anyone, anywhere, and nobody could stop it.

Steve Wozniak

Freedom People Thought Internet Stop

I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers.

Mindy Kaling

Women Myself Woman People Thinking

I am ambidextrous. I write with my right hand but played basketball in high school with my left.

Julia Stiles

School I Am Basketball High School

To posit the existence of a Creator requires only reason. To posit the existence of a good God requires faith.

Dennis Prager

Good God Faith Reason Existence

I am a big proponent of character arcs that show us how people change over time.

Annalee Newitz

Change Character Time I Am People

I have always liked knives. Then somebody gave me one. Then somebody gave me another one. Then I liked having them and started buying them. I started finding ones I liked, ones with funky blades.

Tim Duncan

Me Finding Always Started Buying

We've got the pretty-boy lead singer and the fat, dumpy drummer, and I'm the zany guitarist. Sure, we've played up the image at times. But it's the music that matters most.

Rick Nielsen

Music Fat Drummer Lead Image Singer

A people decides its own destiny.

Marine Le Pen

People Destiny Own