Michael Cunningham Quotes

Language in fiction is made up of equal parts meaning and music. The sentences should have rhythm and cadence, they should engage and delight the inner ear.

Michael Cunningham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 6, 1952

Topics

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The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.

Jim Morrison

ParentsLovingPersonKindSmiles

If there's a country, and it's dangerous, and we deploy a U.S. military man or woman, if there's only one there, and they never leave the capital, that is 'boots on the ground.' We do a disservice to the sacrifice of these people, particularly if they are killed, when we say there's no boots on the ground.

John F. Kelly

WomanManSacrificePeopleBoots

I'm guilty of being perceived as having narrow taste. I went after the artists that I thought were important - Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bruce Springsteen and stuff.

Robert Hilburn

ThoughtGuiltyImportantTasteStuff

Most of my colleagues have research awards on the shelf. I have party invites.

Anita Elberse

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There was one television in the living room, and we all sat around on Sundays and watched Ed Sullivan.

Jeffrey Tambor

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When I went away to college, I marveled at the wealth of bookstores around Harvard Square.

John Updike

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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

Tom Petty

WorryNeverHappenThingsMost

I was terribly upset not to be in 'Dickensian,' so I pretend to look down on it. The part I should have played, Mrs. Gamp, is done brilliantly by Pauline Collins, but I entered this world for no other reason than to play that part.

Miriam Margolyes

WorldLookDownPlayDoneUpset

I want to change the bad boy image that has stuck for a bit because I don't think I am at all how I have been portrayed. I would like that to change because it's awful to hear and read what is said of you.

Luis Suarez

ChangeI AmThinkYouBadBad Boy

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

Louis D. Brandeis

InitiativeNeverJudgementSubstitute

Working with Bernardo Bertolucci was one of the greatest highlights of my whole life. It was such an incredible opportunity for me.

Liv Tyler

LifeOpportunityMeGreatestWorking

Whether a star has planetary companions or not is a condition of its birth. Those with a larger initial allotment of metals have an advantage over those without.

Debra Fischer

BirthOverWithoutStarAdvantage

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