Joshua Cohen Quotes

In mid-20th-century America, it could be argued that the novelist still had the most claim of anyone to omniscience. Whatever he/she couldn't prove, he/she could gesture at.

Joshua Cohen

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AmericaProveWhateverGestureClaim

If I could chat with anyone, it would be Claire Messud, because I think she could tell me how to get better as a writer as I age.

Jesmyn Ward

AgeMeThinkBetterSheTell

They have become part of us in that if we get dressed up as them, we don't actually have to have a script. You can just become them. You just become nervy.

Jennifer Saunders

YouDressedBecomeUpUsGet

I sometimes feel that I have been born to attract controversy.

Amitabh Bachchan

FeelBornSometimesControversyBeen

I hate wasting time getting dressed. I like to put something on and just think, 'Yes. That's it.'

Sonia Rykiel

TimeHateThinkDressedWasting Time

I've got no business giving advice to anyone. Even a fictional character.

Lisa Lutz

BusinessCharacterAdviceGivingGot

I believe that all women should have children. I think women are made to have children and to be mothers. I also think women have to have an identity outside the home.

Diane von Furstenberg

HomeWomenChildrenIdentityBelieve

From the early Seventies to the mid-Eighties, I approached Rome at a snail's pace. Having concluded that God existed, I could not seriously entertain the thought of not trying to be in contact with Him.

Conrad Black

GodThoughtTryingEarlyRomeHim

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real.

Colin Firth

GoodPeopleChoicesComedyYouSee

If you're going to use standards as criteria for signing musicians, you can sign thousands. If you're going to use some sort of conceptual interpretation that's based on the tradition of those standards, but is trying to move away from it, you're down to about 10 people or so.

Branford Marsalis

PeopleMusiciansTryingYouDown

I had people telling me how much I sucked and how bad my music was, but I didn't allow that to discourage me to the point where I didn't want to do music anymore.

Poo Bear

MusicPeopleMeBadWantPoint

I came here because I wanted to live the American dream that I had heard of. And I'm a perfect example. I came to New York; I knew no one. I've made a career, a life, so I still believe in that.

Prabal Gurung

LifeLiveAmerican DreamNew York

Almost everything I've ever recorded, I recorded myself at the desk, in my house.

Syd

MyselfHouseDeskEverythingAlmost

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