Lorrie Moore Quotes

I've been falsely accused of drawing too much from real life. But I am a petty thief - I take little things. And, I mean, I can hardly write 10 words before I start to make things up. I start to invent, because that's what I want to do. I'm running away to an invented place.

Lorrie Moore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 13, 1957

Topics

LifeWordsI AmLittle ThingsStart

I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.

Michael Caine

UpScreenThoughHeAroundFinest

I need a break. I've been working for about a year and a half. I think I'd like to go to Pakistan.

Mia Kirshner

ThinkYearGoNeedBreakWorking

You hope that when you're playing someone possibly unsympathetic that you can bring them something redeeming, something people can hang onto.

Sonya Walger

HopePeopleSomeoneYouHangBring

Brazil has no future as a China with fewer people.

Roberto Unger

FuturePeopleBrazilChinaNo Future

What I've always tried to do is pick short term goals.

Ronnie Coleman

GoalsShortAlwaysPickTriedTerm

I wanted to be a cowboy in cowboy movies.

Mary Pope Osborne

MoviesCowboyWanted

The pursuit of happiness is in our Constitution. We're all entitled to have the best we can.

Loretta Swit

HappinessBestConstitutionPursuit

Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down.

Dimebag Darrell

MusicDayChillEnd Of The DayEnd

In the land of the skunks, he who has half a nose is king.

Chris Farley

KingLandNoseHalfWhoHe

My dad knows great music. So I'm taking music to him to get an opinion rather than praise.

Chord Overstreet

MusicGreatOpinionPraiseHimGet

Working on 'Parks' was like heaven because everyone there was just intimidatingly intelligent and funny, and we would have these hilarious debates about really tangential things. It was inspiring because I felt really challenged to be my best.

Chelsea Peretti

FunnyBestHeavenIntelligentThings

I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.

Brian O'Driscoll

SunMeSummerPointShirtTake

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