Diane Mott Davidson Quotes

Writing is work and cooking is relaxing.

Diane Mott Davidson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1949

Topics

WorkCookingWritingRelaxing

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

ManAchieveHimGreaterMustHe

I wouldn't write about something that I haven't experienced myself.

Jens Lekman

MyselfWriteSomethingAbout

The Internet gave me the sense that there were words to describe my feelings and medical terms.

Andreja Pejic

WordsMedicalMeInternetFeelings

Being gritty doesn't mean not showing pain or pretending everything is O.K. In fact, when you look at healthy and successful and giving people, they are extraordinarily meta-cognitive. They're able to say things like, 'Dude, I totally lost my temper this morning.' That ability to reflect on yourself is signature to grit.

Angela Duckworth

MorningYourselfPainPeopleGiving

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Jeffery Deaver

StyleBestTryingYouFindWay

I love children. I'd prefer to be around children much more than adults, actually. And I like animals, too. I'm just really into beings who are at ease with themselves.

Meshell Ndegeocello

LoveChildrenAnimalsMoreJustWho

Your computer needn't be the first thing your see in the morning and the last thing you see at night.

Simon Mainwaring

MorningNightComputersYouSee

School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect so why bother.

Tre Cool

FutureSchoolPracticePerfectWhy

'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous.

Rufus Sewell

WorkTimeTheatreTryingCountry

The problem, as a female athlete, is that you don't want to come across as negative and moaning.

Lizzie Armitstead

NegativeProblemYouWantAthlete

The web's democratic in one way and distinctly undemocratic in another way. And I think a lot of the confusion about the political ramifications have to do with that one word having so many meanings. So, it's democratic in that it quite literally delivers power to the people; it, it essentially opens up participation in the public's mind.

Clay Shirky

PowerPeopleMindThinkPolitical

What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution - this revolution - is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.

Bono

TechnologyAgeHopeMeBelieveYou

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