Mo Rocca Quotes

I'd rather call myself a mischief-maker, an imp, rather than a satirist. Satirist sounds so self important. Plus no one is calling himself an imp right now. It makes me feel special.

Mo Rocca

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 28, 1969

Topics

MyselfMeSelfFeelImportantNow

'Blackbird' is the only one I've ever wanted to redo. It just haunted me, this play. There was a sense of unfinished business because at the time we did it at Manhattan Theatre Club, there was real momentum to move it to Broadway.

Joe Mantello

BusinessTimeMeTheatreMomentum

I always wanted to be Gene Hackman and I always wanted to be, you know... I wanted to be one of these guys. I always wanted to be Bob Duvall.

John C. McGinley

YouKnowAlwaysWantedGuysBob

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

John Burroughs

ManAdviceBadEarthWillTake

If I had to pick my greatest strength as a football coach, I say it would be innovation.

Tom Landry

StrengthInnovationFootballSay

I actually don't think there is machismo in America, unless it's the cowboy type - the silent, smoking brooder.

Rosecrans Baldwin

ThinkSmokingAmericaSilentCowboy

The social aspects of food are really important to me - my favourite food-related memories are meals I've shared with my family and friends. Posting Instagram pictures of your food and then seeing your friends comment on it is just a modern form of that kinship.

Lisa Hanawalt

FamilyMemoriesFoodMeFriends

Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.

Janis Joplin

IntelligenceQuestionsIntellectual

I have a place that I get to go to in the Bahamas. It's the only place that guarantees total anonymity and freedom.

Johnny Depp

FreedomPlaceGoAnonymityGetOnly

I don't look at family and what I do for a living as separate things. They're all kind of one thing, and this is part of their life just like it's part of mine.

Chris Stapleton

LifeFamilyLookKindLivingThings

'Daredevil: Season One' is kind of in-between. On the one hand, sure, it's a graphic novel. But on the other, it's beholden to existing continuity, and we're still telling the story in issue-length chapters. So it's not that different to writing a miniseries, and I've done plenty of those.

Antony Johnston

WritingStoryDoneKindHandSure

Democracy in Myanmar cannot be achieved with discrimination and gross violations of human rights.

Winnie Byanyima

DemocracyDiscriminationHumanRights

In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.

Shawn Johnson

BlessingMyselfRoadReturnGoing

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