Mary Karr Quotes

I've been teaching classes on memoirs since 1986, and I've been reading them all my life, and I think that I would like to write a critical book that might have some of those how-to elements in it.

Mary Karr

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 16, 1955

Topics

LifeBookReadingThinkMy Life

The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other.

John Carmack

FutureTimeFightObstacleCost

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

John Keegan

GoodPowerMenPeopleExerciseMost

I thought that through the strip, I could vent my spleen and be funny at the same time. But when it comes to humor, there's no substitute for reality and politicians.

Jeff MacNelly

FunnyTimeHumorThoughtReality

I was just a regular kid in poverty, struggling.

Amar'e Stoudemire

PovertyKidJustStrugglingRegular

Accept that the moment you buy your latest iPad, iPhone, tablet, app or game it will be promptly followed by a vastly improved and sleeker looking version.

Simon Mainwaring

MomentLookingGameYouAcceptWill

My friends who are not from Sweden tell me that I'm more reserved or maybe more ... I guess the opposite of what a Latin American would be. Maybe because Scandinavians are more careful with their words and I guess it takes a lot to become a friend of a Swede.

Robyn

FriendWordsMeAmericanFriends

I'm not trying to be anyone. You know why other executives always hire phonies? Because they're phonies. They hire phonies because they like phonies. They're comfortable with them.

Roger Ailes

TryingYouKnowComfortableWhy

Whether something is a success or not has never had much to do with what you do next.

Mike Nichols

SuccessYouNeverNextSomething

My first job was with 'Dawson's Creek' where everybody looked good and they spoke better than you. It was kind of a wish fulfillment, fantasy-type show.

Mike White

GoodJobBetterWishYouKind

The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.

Josh Hamilton

PeopleControlCreatePlacesOutside

My parents would take us to double-feature movies on the weekends, and I would just point at the screen and tell them that that's what I wanted to do.

Deborah Joy Winans

ParentsMoviesPointTellWeekends

It seems like people have to get their thrills somehow.

Brie Larson

PeopleSeemsGetLikeThrills

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