Michael Cunningham Quotes

I revise constantly, as I go along and then again after I've finished a first draft. Few of my novels contain a single sentence that closely resembles the sentence I first set down. I just find that I have to keep zapping and zapping the English language until it starts to behave in some way that vaguely matches my intentions.

Michael Cunningham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LanguageFindDownGoWayFirst

Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.

Jim Rash

UpExperiencesWhereverSureWriter

I don't pay attention to negative stuff.

Jodie Sweetin

NegativeAttentionPay AttentionPay

There's an interesting trend that occurs in times of mounting pressure and high uncertainty, which is that it's a natural human tendency to seek out people that agree with us, that are similar to us because it's a source of comfort in a world that's so rapidly changing.

John Hagel III

PeopleWorldUncertaintyPressure

Everybody who is a Republican wants to call themselves conservative even if they don't necessarily vote that way.

John Fleming

VoteWayConservativeRepublicanWho

American is the first democratic nation-state.

Stephen Ambrose

AmericanFirstDemocratic

Let's hold insurance companies accountable the right way by making them put their whole customer base on the line.

Ron Wyden

CustomerInsuranceWayRightLine

I'm not much of a matchmaker. I think people have to make their own choices and mistakes and all that stuff.

Luke Perry

MistakesPeopleChoicesThinkOwn

I do uphill skiing; I don't do downhill skiing. I think that's for nerd amateurs.

Judah Friedlander

SkiingThinkUphillNerdI Think

I don't wear heels.

Jourdan Dunn

HeelsWear

Twitter is the perfect complement to television. TV has always been social. You talk to the person you're sitting next to on the couch. You talk to the people you're - you know, at work with the next day around the proverbial water cooler.

Dick Costolo

WorkWaterDayPeopleYouPerfect

What also helps our show is that we never take ourselves seriously.

Drew Carey

SeriouslyNeverTakeShowOurAlso

Bridges become frames for looking at the world around us.

Bruce Jackson

WorldLookingBridgesBecomeUs

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