Steven Millhauser Quotes

Writing is a way of getting at the things most people would prefer to escape. Writing takes me to the center of life. That's my invitation to my readers as well.

Steven Millhauser

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LifePeopleMeWritingEscapeWay

By limiting or denying freedom of speech and expression, we take away a lot of potential. We take away thoughts and ideas before they even have the opportunity to hatch. We build a world around negatives - you can't say, think, or do this or that.

Jill McCorkle

OpportunityFreedomIdeasThoughts

I do want love. Genuine love.

Jill Scott

LoveWantGenuine

I came to realise that Darwinian evolution had no explanation of me as an experiencing self.

John Eccles

MeSelfEvolutionExplanationI Came

I think a lot of chefs are afraid of media outlets, and especially web outlets, because they're afraid there's some 'Borat' situation going on.

Andrew Zimmern

ThinkMediaSituationAfraidGoing

I've always believed that talking about something is not the same as doing something about it.

Andrew Yang

DoingTalkingSameAlwaysSomething

I had written many things as a journalist, but I had no idea if I could write something scary or romantic or touching that wasn't me writing about someone else's life story. It was really exciting to try.

Jeff Giles

LifeRomanticMeWritingStoryTry

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

Martin Sheen

PeopleMeGolfSayNeverSee

I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.

Deborah Eisenberg

ThoughtLazyNeverAnythingBeing

To give you an idea about how old I'm getting, we had some family living in Texas for a while, and we went to the Texas museum at the University of Texas in Austin, and they had this whole Texas Instruments section, and my Speak & Spell was an exhibit in the museum.

Christopher Gorham

FamilySpeakTexasYouLivingOld

Bike lanes are clearly controversial. And one of the problems with bike lanes - and I'm generally a supporter of bike lanes - but one of the problems with bike lanes has been not the concept of them, which I support, but the way the Department of Transportation has implemented them without consultation with communities and community boards.

Christine Quinn

CommunityBikeSupportProblemsWay

I began to think that there was a place for 'Footloose' to get retold again, that there was actually a more conducive political climate, an emotional climate to explore a town that has experienced a trauma and a shock, and starts overreacting.

Craig Brewer

ThinkPoliticalPlaceExploreTrauma

Growing up, I was obsessed with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Claire Foy

Growing UpGrowingUpObsessed

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