Angela Carter Quotes

That is what I'm looking forward to the most, practical learning. I want to be a registered nurse so getting to talk to people who already work in those jobs can really teach me what to expect when I get out in the real world.

Angela Carter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: May 7, 1940 - February 16, 1992

Topics

WorkLearningPeopleLooking Forward

I don't write anything that I haven't lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.

John Eldredge

IntegrityLiveYouBeyondWrite

I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces.

Maurice Ravel

WorkMeOutPiecesDropSlowly

Occasionally, I hear grumbles about everything being a series or a trilogy, but apart from the question of them maybe selling more books, I think that there's a real problem in trying to introduce a new world or a new concept while also getting your reader to pay close attention to your characters and themes.

Ann Leckie

WorldThinkProblemTryingAttention

As a kid, I always wanted to be an explorer, to go to exotic places and do exotic things.

Stephen McHattie

GoPlacesKidAlwaysThingsExotic

Indeed, we are privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to study Nature and to follow our own thoughts and inspirations in a time of relative tranquillity and in a land with a generous and forward-looking government.

Sidney Altman

NatureOpportunityTimeGovernment

One always likes to think that other countries are not like one's own.

Tom Stoppard

ThinkAlwaysOwnLikeLikesOther

Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

Mary J. Blige

FreeFeelSomeoneYouAnythingGive

Never before had I been offered a contract and advance before a word had been written... I went home and began writing 'Julie of the Wolves.'

Jean Craighead George

HomeWritingWolvesNeverContract

Make your heart bleed! Put your soul into that damn thing. And try new things.

Dimebag Darrell

HeartSoulNew ThingsNewDamnTry

The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.

Douglas Brinkley

PositiveStepWorldForwardKind

Defensively, I could be a lot better; my decision-making at times can be a bit poor.

Dele Alli

BetterPoorDecision-MakingCould

The day is coming when, in 45 seconds, you can download a movie.

Brian L. Roberts

DayYouComingSecondsMovie

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