Stephen Greenblatt Quotes

I think the writing of literature should give pleasure. What else should it be about? It is not nuclear physics. It actually has to give pleasure or it is worth nothing.

Stephen Greenblatt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 7, 1943

Topics

WritingThinkLiteraturePhysics

Never use your own money. Steal a good idea and say it's your own. Do anything to get publicity. Remember that everybody can be bought.

Jimmy Breslin

GoodMoneyRememberSayNeverOwn

As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist, there were plenty of issues that continued to make me question marriage: the father 'giving' the bride away, women taking their husband's last name, the white dress, the vows promising to 'obey' the groom. And that only covers the wedding.

Jessica Valenti

MarriageFatherWomenMyselfDress

General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place.

John Buford

FightLongPlaceYesterdayForce

Everyone posts everything in real time as it happens.

John Cho

TimeRealEveryoneEverythingPosts

We should not be focusing on quick solutions. The really important concern for policymakers everywhere is to prevent disasters - that is, the outlier events that matter the most.

Robert J. Shiller

ImportantMatterEventsQuickMost

I was an avid reader as a child because we didn't have television in Ireland until the mid-'60s.

Anjelica Huston

ChildTelevisionBecauseIreland

I'm just a young kid.

Tory Lanez

YoungKidJustYoung Kid

Celebrity was fun, and I had a good time.

Mitch Gaylord

GoodTimeFunCelebrityGood Time

I've had nonstop financial problems my whole adult life. It's always been a constant balance, year to year: 'Where's the time? Where's the money?'

Lorrie Moore

LifeTimeMoneyBalanceProblems

I came to know Gore Vidal in the mid-1980s, when I was living in southern Italy, virtually a neighbour, and our friendship lasted until his death in 2012. Needless to say, he was a complicated and often combative man.

Jay Parini

FriendshipDeathManKnowLivingHe

When I began experimenting, people weren't ready for it. Once it's in its second and third generational stages, people can accept it.

Joni Mitchell

PeopleReadyAcceptSecondOnce

Everybody is going to have their own issues that they bring to the table, but for me, the best thing is just giving over to whatever is there and trusting whatever is there and enjoying it.

Johnny Simmons

BestMeGivingTableOverWhatever

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