Amy Hempel Quotes

I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.

Amy Hempel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 14, 1951

Topics

GoodStoryEndFeelYouWrite

I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.

Analeigh Tipton

TimeMyselfGrowing UpLanguageBody

I really loved working on 'Laguna Beach,' and I'd do it all over again. I'm one of the luckiest kids in the world, but I thought it was going to be a documentary about kids in high school, and they exaggerated all this drama. When it came out, it was this weird thing. People feel that they know you.

Stephen Colletti

BeachSchoolPeopleWorldThought

Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making.

Simon Sinek

DecisionMoneyResultShort-Term

It's hard to get material. I haven't made a movie before. I have two episodes of television that I think have come in really great, but it's really hard to get directing work.

Shiri Appleby

WorkGreatThinkTelevisionHard

For many writers, the endless performance of being a writer - tweeting, appearing, making the rounds - is required simply to attract enough attention to make a living.

Rumaan Alam

PerformanceEnoughAttentionLiving

It is such an unimaginable honor to be sharing the light yet again with Beyonce on her sold out Mrs. Carter Show World Tour. This is a blessing that I do not take lightly.

Luke James

BlessingLightWorldHonorSharing

Building robot versions of people is very expensive.

Colin Angle

PeopleBuildingRobotExpensiveVery

I try not to read acting books any more, but they set a high bar for me very early on.

Brian J. Smith

MeEarlyActingTryMoreHigh

When you have things taken away, you promise you'll never take anything for granted ever again.

Chuck Pagano

YouNeverAnythingThingsTakeAway

If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.

Archibald Alexander

ChildrenMenYouMiserableGracious

The surface of American life looks smooth, prosperous, peaceful. But underneath, fault-line shifts in family and work life have led us into what some have called 'advanced insecurity.'

Arlie Russell Hochschild

LifeWorkFamilyInsecurityAmerican

The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.

Arne Glimcher

BusinessTimeArtWorldDoingMost

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