Jonathan Ames Quotes

I don't know that I've gotten much feedback directly from the literary world; sometimes I doubt even the notion that there is a literary world, though I guess there is or was.

Jonathan Ames

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 23, 1964

Topics

WorldFeedbackDoubtKnowSometimes

When I decide to do something, I stick with it, total commitment.

Joaquin Phoenix

CommitmentDecideStickSomething

Neil Patrick Harris is a superman of entertainment.

John Cameron Mitchell

SupermanEntertainmentHarrisNeil

I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.

Jennifer Egan

GoSayMeanWriteFirstThings

Led Zeppelin has been there through three generations of teenage angst. And there's a generation of kids now who won't know it, post-Linkin Park.

Robert Plant

GenerationKnowNowThreeParkKids

If only Al Sharpton were around, Lincoln would have known he was a victim of racism.

Ann Coulter

RacismVictimOnlyWouldKnownHe

My siblings are my best friends.

America Ferrera

BestFriends

Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.

Michael Palin

FutureHopeDiversityPeopleWorld

Given enough time, polar bears might migrate off the Arctic ice, evolve darker coats, find a different diet, and thrive in a new, warmer climate. But if the ice on which they depend disappears in a few decades, they are likely to die.

Mohsin Hamid

TimeDietDieEnoughThriveIce

I shop at thrift stores a lot. I have a lot of silver pitchers and I put my flowers in those. I collect antiques, so there are a lot of old rocking chairs... My friends call my home the vortex because nobody wants to leave.

Monica Potter

HomeFlowersFriendsNobodySilver

I've met people of great faith. I sat in the home of Billy Graham and in the residence of Cardinal Dolan and prayed with these men of God.

Mitt Romney

HomeGodFaithGreatMenPeople

I've been working a lot with No I.D. and Hit-Boy.

Logic

WorkingBeenLot

People say: 'Why do you want to play the straight man?' Well, it's because he gets to be in every scene.

Jason Bateman

ManPeopleYouPlaySayWant

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