Mona Simpson Quotes

I eventually made the reunion with my father that I'd used as a default daydream throughout my childhood, but by then, we'd both outgrown the only relationship we could have had to each other. I was over 30 by the time I met him again and no longer needed a father.

Mona Simpson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 14, 1957

Topics

FatherRelationshipTimeChildhood

Over the course of your life, you realize more and more who you are and how you want to spend your time. And it became clearer and clearer that I was very unhappy as an actress and didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. When I was younger, I thought it was because I wasn't successful enough.

Jennifer Salt

LifeTimeThoughtUnhappyEnough

People have pain - they do regrettable things, they feel shame, and shame equals pain.

Jennifer Garner

PainPeopleFeelShameThings

I feel non-stop Brit shame!

John Oliver

FeelShameI FeelNon-Stop

It's true that the question of Iraq divided Europe.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

TrueQuestionEuropeDividedIraq

The way to connect to people is to relate to who they are and do something that stretches you outside of your comfort zone.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

PeopleComfort ZoneYouComfortWay

When you look at what we spend on entertainment, whether it's on CDs, music, DVDs, there is so much money invested in that, people want to know a little more about the stars they're paying to see or hear.

Mary Hart

StarsMusicMoneyPeopleYouLook

I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor.

Molly Parker

ThinkToo MuchPersonKnowActor

In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Jekyll & Hyde,' the hero decides on the terms of his transformation in a process that's explained not through the supernatural but the natural or, at least, through biochemistry.

Joshua Cohen

HeroTransformationProcessThrough

I think it's not misplaced in 'Doctor Who' to have someone who is little bit edgy and maybe a little volatile and dangerous.

Peter Capaldi

DoctorThinkSomeoneDangerousEdgy

First off let me say, I've wanted to be an actress since I was a little girl.

Paula Patton

GirlMeSayFirstLittleOff

I brought all the instincts of a writer with me into the monastery.

Thomas Merton

MeInstinctsWriterMonastery

Hitchcock is a big ask. I am playing someone significantly older than me and someone significantly bigger than me. The stuff I find very interesting is why certain physical things have come about. How can he be light on his feet when he is so big? How can his weight vary so much? Where does this rather beautiful voice come from?

Toby Jones

BeautifulLightI AmMeFeetVoice

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