Russell Freedman Quotes

I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well.

Russell Freedman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 11, 1929

Topics

MeBelieveWillI BelieveWrite

The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace.

Jhumpa Lahiri

BookEmbraceFirstHandshakePerhaps

As a kid, I went from reading kids' books to reading science fiction to reading, you know, adult fiction. There was never any gap. YA was a thing when I was a teenager, but it was a library category, not a marketing category, and you never really felt like it was a huge section.

John Allison

ScienceReadingLibraryYouKnow

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

ManYouSayWhateverForgiveMay

Government shouldn't tell you whom to marry.

Michael Bloomberg

GovernmentYouTellWhomMarry

We see ourselves as being people who want to take India to the world; we see ourselves as being aggressive, assuming risk.

Anand Mahindra

PeopleWorldIndiaWantRiskSee

Put the fight on the court, and you will have a chance to win.

Stan Wawrinka

FightWinChanceYouWillCourt

I want to make theme-setting music, music that sets a theme without being cliche.

Ski Mask the Slump God

MusicWantThemeWithoutBeingMake

In ballet class, I felt like Ralph Wiggum.

Josh Groban

ClassLikeBalletFeltRalph

My real father died when I was two years old, so I never knew him. He was a barber in Chicago.

Donald Johanson

FatherChicagoBarberNeverReal

Of all the plays in baseball, stealing home is by far the most exciting.

Cheech Marin

HomeBaseballStealingExcitingFar

I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.

Courtney Love

GirlWorldStartGuitarWantUp

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue.

Clifford Geertz

ThinkImportantKindBiasMoreUs

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