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Michael Dirda Quotes

At the age of 14, I ran away from home for four days and hitchhiked around western Pennsylvania and southern Ohio.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: critic
Nationality: american
Birth: 1948

Topics

Home Age Days Southern Ohio Four

President el-Sisi of Egypt took over in a very complicated environment. He needed to give a new direction. It is quite a difficult job.

Job Direction Environment Complicated

I hardly need to abstract things, for each object is unreal enough already, so unreal that I can only make it real by means of painting.

Painting Enough I Can Need Real

So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I've been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it's gone beyond that.

Me Team Doing You Know Capture

The system of mass incarceration depends almost entirely on the cooperation of those it seeks to control.

Michelle Alexander

Control Cooperation System Almost

The prince in 'The Leopard' was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious.

Luchino Visconti

Good Character Romantic Stupid Rude

I'd never been to a science-fiction convention until I became a professional writer.

Professional Never Been Writer Until

When 'American Slang' came out, everyone was like, 'This is the next big band in the world, and this is blah blah blah Bruce Springsteen Junior and blah blah blah,' and I was just like, 'I don't know what that means. I don't know. We'll see.'

World American Know Band See Out

For me, religion is a political construct, and spirituality is a community construct, and there's a real difference.

Brandon Victor Dixon

Community Religion Me Political Real

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.

Life Work Child Looking Back Looking

I'm a huge fan of Green Day's album 'American Idiot'; it was just a whole, very thorough experience.

Experience Day Green American Idiot

I thought I was half white or something because I only know white people as Ferguson as their last name.

People Thought Name White Know Half

Twitter seems like a busman's holiday: just more writing. I have no plans to do it. I'll just stick with my 24/7 webcam. I'm old-fashioned that way.

Writing Holiday Plans Way More Just

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