Michael Cunningham Quotes

As any student of literature knows, the books that last are often not the books that are most popular when they are written. Both 'Moby Dick' and 'The Great Gatsby' were complete failures, critically and commercially, when they first appeared.

Michael Cunningham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatLiteratureStudentFirstLast

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

John F. Kennedy

FootballPoliticsYouGoSeeHole

Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.

Andre Holland

HomeExperienceFeelLovingFilm

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

May Sarton

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The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.

Ross MacDonald

SurpriseRunStructureThroughUp

If it's truly a passion, and it's truly something you believe in, then you need to do it.

Miriam Shor

PassionBelieveYouNeedSomething

If I was painting a picture, I wouldn't want to take a picture of a single paint stroke. I'd rather show people what it looks like when it's done.

Josh Trank

PeoplePaintingPictureLooksDone

The Internet's distinct configuration may have made cyberattacks easy to launch, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom.

Jonathan Zittrain

FreedomFlameInternetEasyLaunch

For me, something will come in my head and I'll either end up calling my cell phone to record it, or I'll just pick my guitar up and see what comes out. Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it doesn't. So there's really no set method behind it.

Chris Daughtry

MeCell PhoneGuitarEndPhoneWill

I really stay away from products that are not silicon-based, and I really stay away from parabens.

Christina Milian

ProductsAwayStayReally

I used to eat burgers and steak, and I would just be knocked out afterward; I had to give it up.

Woody Harrelson

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There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.

William Shenstone

DayPeopleEnvyNothingMoreReason

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

William Howard Taft

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