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John James Audubon Quotes

To be a good draftsman was to me a blessing.

John James Audubon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 26, 1785 - January 27, 1851

Topics

Good Blessing Me

I wanted to emulate music from America - young punks playing rock n' roll is what it was. I read part of Keith Richards' autobiography, and it was totally parallel with me, learning from American records.

Learning Music Me American America

I like telling stories with a sense of humor. But humor can also distance you from the subject you're writing about. I'm interested in using humor as a portal to something a bit more serious.

Humor Writing You Sense Of Humor

Everyone knows that at the age of 11-12, children have a marked impulse to form themselves into groups and that the respect paid to the rules and regulations of their play constitutes an important feature of this social life.

Life Age Children Respect Rules

People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it.

People Sex Young Than Younger

Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.

Enough House Go Boy Passionate Out

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut.

You Want Way Others Write Two

I think that people should really understand what it takes to make a film.

Shraddha Kapoor

People Think Understand Film Takes

There's a fine line between lead actor and supporting actor.

Ron Cephas Jones

Actor Lead Line Fine Between

Frank Baum knew at once he had written something special when he completed 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.'

Michael Patrick Hearn

Special Wonderful Something Wizard

No, I was going to college and got discovered.

College Got Going Discovered

Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.

Christopher McDougall

Life Behavior Ring Human Stranger

At my degree show, someone said, 'It's nice, but it's very feminine.' I said, thank you, taking it as a compliment, but they obviously meant it as an insult.

Cornelia Parker

Thank You Someone You Said Nice

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