Jonathan Ames Quotes

When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me that I could take an aspect of myself, and from that one bit of personality, I can create a character. This is what I have done, particularly in my novels.

Jonathan Ames

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodCharacterTeacherMyselfMe

I owe everything to the musicians I work with.

Robert Plant

WorkMusiciansEverythingOwe

You need to have a very strong relationship with your coaches. For me, Freddie Roach is like a father figure.

Amir Khan

FatherRelationshipMeStrongYou

Singing is a gift.

Tony Bennett

SingingGift

It wasn't until the Apple Macintosh that people understood what true hardware-software integration was about. It took one company to line it up: low-cost hardware, cool graphics, third-party products built on top of it, in an all-in-one attractive package that was accessible to consumer marketing.

Tony Fadell

PeopleCoolAppleMarketingTrueUp

In the end, as a manager or coach, you have to keep your heart pure and do your best as a manager or a coach.

Tony La Russa

HeartBestDo Your BestEndYou

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

Ritchie Blackmore

GoodSomeoneYouStandardsOwnYour

Hopefully I'll get to make another movie, so we'll see. But modeling - all the actresses are taking everything over now, with all the modeling endorsements and magazine covers.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

ModelingNowOverEverythingSee

I made a dollar a day sweeping a laundry out. Then we made a record that was number two in Los Angeles. We got so excited hearing it on the radio that Carl threw up.

Dennis Wilson

DayLaundryLos AngelesDollarRadio

I just want my work to be part of the elemental world.

Antony Gormley

WorkWorldWantJustPartElemental

It's emotional for artists who are women and people of color to have less value placed on our worldview.

Ava DuVernay

WomenValuePeopleColorEmotional

I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name.

William Morris

MenFightNameBattleLoseDefeat

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Thomas Jefferson

WisdomHonestyTruthBookChapter

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jonathan Ames