Tom Robbins Quotes

What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy.

Tom Robbins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1936

Topics

LifeWorkFunnyGoodGodMind

My writing is extremely important, so I write every day. I just enjoy it. I get a kick out of it.

Jim Lehrer

DayWritingEnjoyEvery DayWrite

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.

Joanna Newsom

GreatEnoughLongPlayKidPiano

Blacks are tired of seeing whites saying, 'I understand you.' You need a black to direct a black film.

Melvin Van Peebles

TiredSayingBlackYouSeeingNeed

A lot of the people who have come to know the company in the last few years will not have seen this piece.

Matthew Bourne

PeopleKnowWillCompanyYearsSeen

The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.

Tommy Chong

LieYourselfParentsDoingYouKnow

Is it better to go indie and make bigger profits on each book, or stick with a print publisher's 6%-10% royalties? Since I never could figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up, I'm hedging my bets and working both sides of the street.

Ruth Glick

BookBetterGoStreetNeverSides

I'm not a religious person but I do like the idea of Sunday as a day set apart from the rest of the week. It's nice to have a period of reflection and have time to think about things.

Jarvis Cocker

TimeReflectionDayRestThinkWeek

What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!

Joseph Hall

LoveHateRestFoolsTroubleOwn

I've been involved with blood donation since the 1980s because there is a critical need.

Donna Reed

BloodDonationNeedBeenCritical

The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.

Douglas Brinkley

PositiveStepWorldForwardKind

I have a theater company that I'm a part of, Colt Coeur, and they do some really rad projects.

Ato Essandoh

CompanySomeTheaterPartReally

Everything is relative except relatives, and they are absolute.

Alfred Stieglitz

EverythingRelativesExceptRelative

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