Tom Wolfe Quotes

The modern notion of art is an essentially religious or magical one in which the artist is viewed as a holy beast who in some way, big or small, receives flashes from the godhead, which is known as creativity.

Tom Wolfe

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ArtCreativitySmallArtistBeast

I hate to lose more than I love to win.

Jimmy Connors

LoveHateWinLoseMoreThan

I really like to try my hand at everything, and I think it's probably dangerous to let oneself be pigeon-holed, not necessarily by other people, but in one's own mind.

John Burnside

PeopleMindThinkDangerousHand

I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars.

Robert Herjavec

LuxuryCountryWhereCommunistCame

At the same time, it's a family story and more of an epic. I needed the third-person. I tried to give a sense that Cal, in writing his story, is perhaps inventing his past as much as recalling it.

Jeffrey Eugenides

FamilyTimePastWritingStoryMore

I think everyone needs to know that I steal biscotti on Delta Airlines. People need to know that.

Jeffrey Tambor

PeopleThinkKnowNeedEveryone

When I try to concentrate, I really enjoy writing.

Sophie Winkleman

WritingEnjoyTryConcentrateReally

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

Stan Musial

FuturePastYouFirstTellContract

My every action is to liberate God from his sorrow.

Sun Myung Moon

GodActionSorrowEveryHis

I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term.

Robert Caro

HistoryI AmWritingBelieveTrying

Keeping busy: This is a problem that you're glad to have.

Michael Winslow

BusyProblemYouGladKeeping

What originates everything are the emotions, the feelings, what we call soul. Then the brain commands these feelings to the voice. The voice is just the vehicle; it's the very last step in the chain.

Jose Carreras

SoulStepBrainVoiceEmotionsCall

It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that was luxurious and within hailing distance of civilization.

Derek Jacobi

LifeMeDistanceCivilizationHard

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