Stacey D'Erasmo Quotes

Emotional grandeur, rendered in the vernacular, has been Mona Simpson's forte. In her novels, 'Anywhere but Here,' 'The Lost Father' and 'A Regular Guy,' Simpson wrote wide and long and high about the most profound human bonds: parents and children lost each other, found each other, lost each other again, but differently.

Stacey D'Erasmo

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Our philosophy at 8VC is that many of the companies that present the greatest economic opportunities also create the greatest value for society.

Joe Lonsdale

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Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had back in the Seventies. But I've come around. Ballads have become something of an acquired taste.

Joe Perry

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When I am composing, I try to clear my mind of having to publish, or having to sell a book or find readers. That kind of thinking gets in the way.

Maxine Hong Kingston

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For me, Fitzgerald was one of the great American writers of the last century; a wordsmith, a storyteller, a perfectionist.

Robert Littell

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Rattigan's world demanded unwavering trust in principles, loyalty, and virtue. At the time of this play - Rattigan was writing this play in 1947 about an incident that took place in 1914 - should a boy say he didn't do something, his father would believe him; a British father would take the defense of his son's honor to his grave.

Roger Rees

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I wouldn't say I have comedy chops. I guess you get lucky with good writing because I don't think I'm a comedian by any stretch of the imagination.

Michael Pena

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In the U.S., too many yogurts are filled with corn syrup, preservatives, artificial this and that. To me, this is poison.

Mireille Guiliano

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The stories in 'Parenthood' are so much the stories of our lives. And the people who have worked on the show feel very connected to these characters.

Jason Katims

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Do you know that other than my father, I've never had a man take care of me?

Dionne Warwick

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I always have this imagination, something I want to use. I don't understand the idea of leisure time.

Cher Wang

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Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help.

Alice Hoffman

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Not only am I physically and emotionally attracted to women, I also wonder what being a woman would be like.

William T. Vollmann

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