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Jonathan Galassi Quotes

I was nearly 40 when I published my first book. I was a slow starter - or rather, I was slow to gather my work together, though I had published translations, mainly of the Italian poet Montale, by then.

Jonathan Galassi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: publisher
Nationality: american
Birth: 1949

Topics

Work Together Book Slow First Poet

William Faulkner, Muriel Spark, Richard Yates, William Styron, James Salter, Alice Munro. They're very different writers, and I admire them for different reasons. The common thread, I guess, is that they remind me what's possible, why I wanted to write fiction in the first place.

Jennifer Haigh

Me Spark Place Why Admire Possible

It's long been my dream to have myself declared incompetent so I could just practice all day, and blog, and not have to take care of any normal life things.

Jeremy Denk

Life Myself Day Practice Care Long

I'm inherently a chameleon... to not evolve is to not live.

Andra Day

Live Chameleon Evolve Inherently

For my own films, I would like to see 'Bullet in the Head' remastered. The original cut was actually almost three hours.

John Woo

Three My Own See Head Bullet Own

I don't think it's really possible to share someone in most cases.

Amanda Seyfried

Think Someone Possible Share Most

All my life, I've been trying to make a hole-in-one. The closest I've come is a bogey.

Lou Holtz

Life My Life Trying Come Been Make

As you get up in your thirties, the van touring is not a possibility anymore. We can't all be Mike Watt.

Jason Isbell

You Up Thirties Get Your Van

Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author.

Jonathan Dee

Kind Experiment Well Novels Reader

I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'Extras' and also 'The Trip.' That had all the nuances of friendship and finding things out about their lives without it being too much plot-driven.

Dolly Wells

Friendship Love Enthusiasm Finding

Work goes well if you give your best with the guy beside you.

Diego Costa

Work Best You Guy Give Well

My very favorite costumed character I've played would be Abe Sapien from the 'Hell Boy' movies. I love this guy.

Doug Jones

Love Character Hell Movies Boy Guy

Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.

David Suzuki

Growth Future Lie Energy Key Boy