Jay Parini Quotes

I say that a myth is a story which has particular energy, mythic resonance. I always say that a myth is a tear in the fabric of reality through which all of this spiritual energy pours.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

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We did a thing that we would call we call 'hirstories.' H - I - R - S - T - O - R - Y. I would enact a young Mort. And that always felt - it was so funny - it felt more difficult than playing Maura.

Jeffrey Tambor

FunnyYoungMoreDifficultAlways

I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you.

Steve Cropper

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Lupe Velez was way before me; Dolores Del Rio was way before me, so I had no one. So the only one I could think of that I identified with was this gorgeous creature named Elizabeth Taylor, so she became my role model.

Rita Moreno

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There was a lot of work that people don't know about that I did to establish my villain persona. There were a lot of miles on the road that went into it, thousands upon thousands of hours of writing on yellow pads while driving in my car with the dome light on.

Roddy Piper

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A producer is supposed to generate an idea for a movie. And then they're supposed to create the team, the group of people that are gonna make this movie. And within that team, the producer has to have a creative vision and a fiscal vision, and they have to adhere to both things.

Brian Grazer

VisionCreativePeopleTeamCreate

I've always sort of felt like I was from another time. The '70s is more my vibe. The clothes fit me better.

Ari Graynor

TimeMeBetterClothesMoreAlways

I am still where I started. I am still struggling. In fact, the struggle has only got bigger. I always try to go beyond my means, and this where the struggle comes in.

Anurag Kashyap

StruggleI AmGoBeyondTryAlways

I change my mind so much I need two boyfriends and a girlfriend.

Pink

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From the leg lamp to Ralphie's tongue getting stuck on a frozen pole to that BB-gun incident, 'A Christmas Story' has left its mark on all our brains, so much so that it sometimes feels like this story is our own.

Phoebe Robinson

StoryTongueSometimesChristmasOwn

We don't live in a world that's black and white.

Shannon Elizabeth

LiveBlack And WhiteWorldBlack

A servant sometimes need to be served.

Rza

SometimesNeedServantServed

I can gab with pretty much anyone.

Kyle Chandler

I CanPrettyMuchAnyone

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