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Siri Hustvedt Quotes

Writing isn't a job so much as a compulsion. I've been writing since I was very young because for some strange reason, I must write, and also because when I write, I feel more alive and closer to the world than when I'm not writing.

Siri Hustvedt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: February 19, 1955

Topics

Job Writing World Feel Alive Young

Pursuing your passion is fulfilling and leads to financial freedom.

Robert G. Allen

Passion Freedom Financial Your Leads

It's so important to me that I feel like I'm doing something that's never been done before, whether that's in the show, or I'm writing a song. I can exist in this little box here, but I have to do something new with it.

Rivers Cuomo

Me Writing Song Feel Doing I Can

I used to beat up kids and bite kids and do stuff all the time.

Russell Wilson

Time Up Beat Used Kids Stuff

When I watch myself on-screen, I always look for the flaws.

Michelle Yeoh

Myself Look Flaws Always Watch

Nothing can express the aim and meaning of our work better than the profound words of St. Augustine - 'Beauty is the splendor of Truth.'

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Work Beauty Truth Words Better Aim

I never had one of those glorious young bodies that make older men and women weep. So I don't tend to look back with nostalgia or yearn for what I've lost. Because it was never all that.

Lisa Jewell

Women Men Look Back Nostalgia Young

Police work in major cities - and New York is no exception - has always been vulnerable to corruption. Teddy Roosevelt built his career on it.

Don Winslow

Work Police New York Corruption New

When I came to California, it was the mecca of the world. Every young person on the planet wanted to be here.

Joni Mitchell

World Person Young California Planet

Snapchat's the place where people are hearing and learning about culture.

Diplo

Learning Culture People Place Where

I had to grow up a little fast.

Chloe Kim

Grow Fast Grow Up Up Little Had

I don't usually get to play fathers or grandfathers or uncles. Now that I'm older, maybe I can play people closer to myself. I'd like that.

Christopher Walken

Myself People I Can Play Now Get

Do not forget from whence you've come.

Cory Booker

You Forget Come Whence