Amy Hempel Quotes

I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.

Amy Hempel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleStoryFirstWhateverHappened

I love doing third albums. A group makes its first album, and then the record company rushes them into the studio to make their second album. After that, they go, 'Whoa, wait a second.' They get a little more confident. They step back and say, 'Okay, now we're gonna do it.'

Jimmy Iovine

LoveStepWaitConfidentDoingBack

I'm a disciplinarian. And I've always been disciplined. I like to be on time. If I have a job to do, I'm going to see it from its beginning to its conclusion. No excuses, no alibis. That's how I run my life. It's called self-tough love.

Jesse White

LifeLoveTimeJobBeginningRun

I've written a very long piece of music recently, the 'Veil of the Temple,' which lasts about seven hours. It's really a kind of vigil. It takes place during the night, waiting for the resurrection of Christ.

John Tavener

MusicWaitingNightLongPlaceKind

Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man.

Shimon Peres

ManMeProblemsYoungYoung Man

At 100, I have a mind that is superior - thanks to experience - than when I was 20.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

ExperienceMindThanksSuperiorThan

Self-reform is the only kind that works.

Mason Cooley

KindOnlyWorks

There are stark, stark contrasts between myself and Jack Conway.

Matt Bevin

MyselfBetweenStarkJackConway

I have like 250 letters that I have to whittle it down to 150. Only then do you have the whole overview of a book. When it was finally edited, at least my take was, everybody's lying. You know?

Don Novello

BookYouDownKnowLettersLying

I find the idea of vigilante justice very attractive. I like the idea that the murderer decides that this person has gone too far, and nothing will happen to him unless she does something to stop him.

Donna Leon

JusticeFindStopPersonNothing

I kind of go in waves with reading. Sometimes I read all the time, and sometimes I can't get settled enough to focus.

Conor Oberst

TimeFocusWavesReadingEnoughGo

Talking about income inequality, even if you're not on the Forbes 400 list, can make us feel uncomfortable. It feels less positive, less optimistic, to talk about how the pie is sliced than to think about how to make the pie bigger.

Chrystia Freeland

PositiveThinkTalkingUncomfortable

The big corporations have a team of lawyers and accountants to help them. It's the small businesses, the mom and pop shops, that get lost in the layers of red tape.

Susana Martinez

RedTeamMomSmallHelpLawyers

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