Ross Gay Quotes

I started reading seriously after I was in college. I read comic books. I read every 'Power Man' and 'Iron Fist' that ever came out. I had a teacher introduce me to poetry, and that kind of woke me up.

Ross Gay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 1, 1974

Topics

PowerTeacherManPoetryCollegeMe

I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.

Jeremy Renner

TimeAngryRestShyBandOut

I would say my poise comes from my faith.

Tua Tagovailoa

FaithSayPoiseWould

Everybody has lost somebody that they care about, or hopefully you haven't, but that's part of life.

Tracy Spiridakos

LifeCareYouLostSomebodyPart

I love reading different scripts and helping create different looks, different environments. Sometimes you go to meet a director over a particular script, and they'll say, 'I want you to do this because I want it to look like Shawshank,' and I'm like, 'Well, I'm not that interested in doing that again.'

Roger Deakins

LoveReadingDoingYouLookCreate

I don't want to be forgotten or not have helped as many people as I can before I pass.

RJ Cyler

PeopleI CanWantForgottenPass

Usher did the ultimate no-no to me. I will never be with him again, and that is that.

Rozonda Thomas

MeWillNeverHimAgainDid

I applied to Yale, and I got in.

Mitch Leigh

GotYaleApplied

Nobody wants any country to have nuclear weapons.

Mohamed ElBaradei

CountryNobodyNuclear WeaponsWants

When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.

Lou Gehrig

StrengthCourageWifeYouKnowMore

Mostly, I just want to be in my house reading and writing.

Julia Sweeney

WritingReadingHouseWantJust

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way again.

Douglas Coupland

SomeoneYouLoseLookWayNever

One must go for a film with an open mind; a film best impacts you when your mind is a blank page to the film.

Anurag Kashyap

BestMindYouGoPageOpen

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