Joyce Maynard Quotes

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn't paid for what she writes.

Joyce Maynard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 5, 1953

Topics

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I'm not on a diet or anything. I do watch what I eat, though. But what I want, I get it. I learned when I was at 280 pounds, when I was in that life before, denial was not the answer.

Jo Marie Payton

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Atheists are pious people.

Max Stirner

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As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society.

Robert McChesney

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I'm always a competitor. I'm not there just to have a good time. I want to play well and perform well.

Matt Kuchar

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Anything that gets in the way of my focus to create gets cut out of my life. It's not easy. Sometimes it's family. Sometimes it's friends. Sometimes it's the ability to have a relationship.

John Zorn

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When I was 19 years old, I hitchhiked across the country to San Francisco.

John Prendergast

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I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.

Stanley Tucci

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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

Simone Weil

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There are two kinds of comics; there are the ones who build bridges, and then there are the people who walk across the bridges as though they built them. The bridge builders are few and far between.

Ron White

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I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.

Jonny Greenwood

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On behalf of the entire Lionsgate team, it is a tremendous honor and deeply humbling to join the elite group of recipients previously honored with the Milestone Award.

Jon Feltheimer

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'Intelligent Life' is kind of a companion piece to 'Safety Not Guaranteed.' Internally, it's a sci-fi romantic thriller.

Colin Trevorrow

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