Steven Heighton Quotes

Lyrical poets have to be in touch with visceral experience. I've always tried to avoid virtual experiences. That's emerging in my fiction.

Steven Heighton

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ExperienceTouchAlwaysFiction

My hair has never been my greatest feature, so that was funny enough unto itself that my hair became so focused on.

Jennifer Aniston

FunnyHairEnoughFocusedNever

If you get it right, it's the most grand thing you could ever do. So many people let biopics slip through their fingers, but the opportunity to play Eazy-E could change my life.

Jason Mitchell

LifeChangeOpportunityPeopleYou

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.

Joseph Brodsky

JourneyPointPoetDepartureArrival

I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.

Jonny Wilkinson

BurgerThoughtWrongGoQuickIdea

I wouldn't use a song I didn't think was my brand or image.

Daya

SongThinkBrandImageUse

It goes without saying that the first few months after my son was born were the toughest of my life.

David Silva

LifeSonSayingMy LifeBornFirst

I have oft-times been besought, by divers gentlemen, to set down on paper what I have beheld through my newly invented microscopia, but I have generally declined.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

DownThroughPaperBeenSetDivers

The notion of the infinite variety of detail and the multiplicity of forms is a pleasing one; in complexity are the fringes of beauty, and in variety are generosity and exuberance.

Annie Dillard

BeautyGenerosityDetailInfinite

Young boys must be taught to play football without leading with or lowering their heads. Young players must be drilled over and over and over with Heads Up Football skills until that skill set becomes muscle memory and second nature.

Peter Berg

NatureFootballMemoryPlaySkill

I've had a very specific path over the years. Sometimes they're not all we want them to be, but they create who we are.

Sherilyn Fenn

PathCreateSometimesWantOverWho

When you start at catering college, nobody prepares you for a book tour or public speaking.

Rene Redzepi

CollegeStartBookYouNobodyTour

I realized that I wanted to play characters and do traditional theatre. I wanted to make believe again. I like putting on a costume and pretending to be someone else for a few hours, and I have a great respect for playwrights.

Lusia Strus

RespectGreatTheatreBelievePlay

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