Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

There are two kinds of sculptures. There's the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And then there is the kind that adds, building with clay, piling it on. The way I write novels is to keep piling on and piling on and piling on.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 21, 1977

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The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences.

Johann Lamont

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There are only a handful of politicians who are truly great on Twitter - the rest rely on their account to release press releases.

Meghan McCain

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I found it marvelous that the great supporters of America in Europe are, of course, those countries that American consistency and firmness in the Cold War ended up liberating.

John Rhys-Davies

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I really enjoy playing the piano. I took lessons throughout middle school, but I had to drop the lessons. I actually got too busy, but I hope to pick up the lessons when I'm in college if I can.

Miranda Leek

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I've got a lot of power in my kicks.

Luke Rockhold

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We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent.

Lisa Gardner

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I'm a standup comedian, so I need people.

Chelsea Handler

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You have to tell a super story that has some fantastical element, but the human element is what's going to keep people watching.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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It's nice to be right sometimes.

Peter Higgs

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I don't know where my first gold medal is.

Shaun White

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Is it crazy that George Bush, ex-President of America, now paints pictures of dogs? Tiny, little, nice pictures of dogs, after all the suffering that he caused? That's crazy that he's doing that!

Toby Regbo

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In the second part of my life, away from cycling, I hope I will be able to benefit fully from my family and children in the same way that cycling gave me such joy.

Richard Virenque

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