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Lorrie Moore Quotes

I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't write. No one needs your writing. Don't torture yourself.'

Lorrie Moore

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Yourself People Writing You Say

Ghettos and barrios and abusive homes and trauma wards may produce scarred souls; they can cripple more human spirits than they strengthen.

John Ortberg

More Human Trauma May Spirits Souls

Death is inevitable, but Life - that's the tricky bit where things happen.

Simon Travaglia

Life Death Things Happen Inevitable

I thought theater people wouldn't see me if I hadn't trained. I didn't want to just be the Brideshead guy, to spend the rest of my life wearing waistcoats. I got the chance to try everything. Not just Romeos, but pimps and grandfathers and even one role as a woman in a Naomi Wallace play called Slaughter City.

Tom Hiddleston

Life Woman People City Me Rest

There are no good options in the midst of a crisis.

Ruth Porat

Good Crisis Options Midst

I had the 'War of the Worlds' comic book. I had lots of comic books.

Roky Erickson

War Book Books Comic Book Worlds

I don't mind having a big butt - they're back in style. But I do a lot of squats to make sure my booty's not dragging on the ground.

Miranda Lambert

Style Mind Back Butt Ground Big

If you look at the developments in the international scene over the past many years, we haven't been able to resolve many problems and many crises, because we have approached them from a zero-sum perspective. My gain has always been defined as somebody else's loss, and through that, we never resolve problems.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Perspective Past Problems Loss Look

'The Discovery of France' by Graham Robb is teaching me lots about a country I've long loved but realise I didn't really know.

Diana Quick

Me Loved Long Discovery Country

The 'conspiracy theorist' is no longer a crazy person with a tinfoil hat, but they are the Edward Snowdens and the WikiLeaks that bring down major institutions and are the catalysts for social change.

Dean Haglund

Change Hat Crazy Down Person Bring

I guess that in this process of trying to incorporate or to be faithful to the films I admire so much, that's how I start to find my own voice. The admiration I have for filmmakers, this gratitude, perhaps that's my only way to become specific.

Arnaud Desplechin

Gratitude Start Voice Process Trying

I think that there is an element where leadership is lonely, but I also believe that it doesn't have to be like that.

Alicia Garza

Leadership Believe Think Lonely Like

A greater focus on design in all new homes would make the best use of land, create homes and public spaces, and reinforce the structures of urban life.

Richard Rogers

Life Best Focus Design Create New