Ann Patchett Quotes

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.

Ann Patchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 2, 1963

Topics

GreatMeCriticismYouBadGo

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

John Dryden

AngerMindThoughtsLongWillNever

My dream was always to be on the production side of things. Even as a little kid, when my dad would bring me to the studio, I always loved that.

Shooter Jennings

MeLovedDreamKidAlwaysSide

Underwear shouldn't hurt. If it hurts, you gotta change.

Ronny Chieng

ChangeHurtYouUnderwearHurts

'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling.

Domhnall Gleeson

WorkHard WorkFireHardPale

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

Dean Acheson

WashingtonMilitaryUpBulletLike

Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing.

Clark Gable

TimeFishingHellGoNo TimeHad

Writing so that I can act became a way of having not more control over my future but not having to wait for permission. You can choose yourself. Hmm, who should play this part? I nominate me!

Brit Marling

FutureYourselfMeWaitControlYou

I love art. I used to have a painting of Gorbachev that was given to my family by Gorbachev.

Armie Hammer

FamilyLoveArtPaintingUsedGiven

It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We don't do it as a callisthenic exercise to gain points with God; we do it, because it is good for us in every way.

Philip Yancey

GoodGodPrayerSpiritualExercise

I have given my life and all I am to it, and now I want my last act to be to give it all I have, to the last cent.

Susan B. Anthony

LifeI AmMy LifeNowWantAct

The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise.

Peter R. Grant

ExplainTheoryFounderLikeHow

I enjoy what Twitter is because I can really connect with the fans and it's a great way to share information with them and it's also a great way to entertain. I like being able to put a smile on people's faces and letting them know what I'm doing.

Peter Facinelli

SmileGreatPeopleDoingEnjoyKnow

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