Stanley Elkin Quotes

I don't read much nonfiction because the nonfiction I do read always seems to be so badly written. What I enjoy about fiction - the great gift of fiction - is that it gives language an opportunity to happen.

Stanley Elkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 11, 1930 - May 31, 1995

Topics

OpportunityGreatGiftLanguage

We have to judge politicians by their cumulative score. In one innings they make a great catch, in another they drop the ball. In one they score a home run, in another they strike out. But it is their cumulative batting average that we are interested in.

Jesse Jackson

HomeGreatJudgeStrikeRunOut

No one should ever be hurt or killed for saying, writing or drawing anything.

Steve Breen

WritingSayingHurtDrawingAnything

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

Alvin Ailey

LifeI AmDownBreakProcessesYour

I'm generally a very happy guy because I'm doing what I want. I'm willing to tell you that there are people who are much better than I am in writing. I don't have to be the fastest gun in the West.

Stephen J. Cannell

I AmHappyPeopleWritingBetter

Us investigators who went out into the field were faced on occasion with a lot of anger, by people saying why has it taken you five or six year to come and see me?

Tony Greig

AngerPeopleMeSayingYearYou

Every day, I need to get better. I need to get stronger. I need to get faster.

Robbie Lawler

DayBetterStrongerEvery DayNeed

I think life should be easier as you get older and not more difficult. And Ritchie is too difficult a person for me to deal with, because I like to have control of my own life.

Ronnie James Dio

LifeMeControlThinkYouPerson

Any time you're honoured by your home, it's a bigger deal than most.

Martin Short

HomeTimeYouBiggerDealYour

Once you hit 40, being in a band - a committee voting constantly on what you're going to be doing next month - it's more of a challenge. And when you have a kid as well.

Dean Wareham

ChallengeVotingDoingYouMoreKid

Every time I do photo shoots, my bottom lip and, like, my top lip are quivering because I just don't know how to look. Then the flash kind of makes me go boss-eyed sometimes.

Anne-Marie

TimeMeLookKnowSometimesKind

I really do believe that God is love, one of deep affection and grace and forgiveness and inspiration.

William P. Young

LoveForgivenessGodGraceBelieve

Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful.

Pierre Curie

NatureKnowledgeSecretsWillRight

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