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Jonathan Safran Foer Quotes

I'm interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. I'm not so interested in the comforting kind of religion.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Religion Kind Comforting Harder

Right now, my career is in three directions: as a performer, as an arranger, as an author - and I don't give any one of them true precedent, or true top marks, as opposed to the other two.

Career Now Three True Top Right

If Daryl stopped touring it would be a big part of him missing.

Him Missing Big Would Part Touring

The poet sees better than other mortals. I do not see things as they are, but according to my own subjective impression, and this makes life easier and simpler.

Robert Schumann

Life Better My Own See Own Poet

Dexter-Land is a dark and scary place, and I couldn't live there permanently. To be honest, I don't think I even want to visit.

Live Think Dark Place Want Scary

My model for business is The Beatles: They were four guys that kept each others' negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts.

Business Negative Others Check Four

Whether one believes in evolution, intelligent design, or Divine Creation, one thing is certain. Since the beginning of history, human beings have been at war with each other, under the pretext of religion, ideology, ethnicity and other reasons. And no civilization has ever willingly given up its most powerful weapons.

Mohamed ElBaradei

History Beginning Religion War

Conducting has more to do with singing and breathing than with piano-playing.

Singing More Breathing Than

Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.

Poetry Secrets Dark Hidden Like

To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.

Good Home Paradise His Among Adam

Tina Fey is a very old friend of mine, and I adore her.

Friend Old Her Mine Adore Very

It's always easy, I think, to raise the importance of a scene through the addition of music. But it's very awkward to end it unless there's a door slam or a gunshot or something that just takes you right out of it.

Music Door Think End Easy You

The way to be with God in every season is to strive to be near Him every week and each day.

Thomas S. Monson

God Day Week Way Strive Him

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