Denis Johnson Quotes

What's funny about Jesus' Son is that I never even wrote that book, I just wrote it down. I would tell these stories and people would say, You should write these things down.

Denis Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: July 1, 1949 - May 24, 2017

Topics

FunnySonPeopleBookYouDown

Shadow owes its birth to light.

John Gay

LightShadowBirthOwes

Name one experienced coach anywhere in the world that would hand over their playbook to the other team. Unless it's a fake playbook, it just doesn't happen.

Jenna Morasca

TeamWorldNameFakeHandCoach

It was a requirement by the veterans to list the 57,000 names. We're reaching a time that we'll acknowledge the individual in a war on a national level.

Maya Lin

TimeWarVeteransNamesIndividual

I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

Melanie Lynskey

CharacterFeelComfortableWhere

I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.'

Maya Angelou

TimeWritingKnowLordMuchHow

I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.

Andy Weir

TimeFreeWebsiteChapterPosting

I had a drummer I really wanted to move to Nashville with me, and he's like, 'Naw, I can't go, man.' He never could pull the trigger. It's a big move. You just gotta be diehard - you gotta give it your all, you know.

Jon Pardi

ManMeYouGoKnowDrummer

I think that a really good agent should be able to get the right publisher, which the agent has already figured out, get as much money as she can from that publisher, and make a deal, rather than have the amount of money determine the sale. That's what the best agents do.

Jonathan Galassi

GoodBestMoneyThinkSheRight

When you like something, you should do it all night long.

Chavela Vargas

NightLongYouSomethingLike

My earliest memory is my mom picking me up after I had fallen down, giving me a big hug and reading me 'Goodnight Moon.' From that moment, to this one, every single memory I have of my mom is that regardless of what was happening in her life, she was always, always there for me.

Chelsea Clinton

LifeMomentMemoryMeMomMoon

Images in the 20th century had a unique power where image became divorced from reality, and often more important than reality... Buildings were judged - at least by members of our own profession - more by the way they looked in magazines than by the satisfaction people felt when using them.

Christopher Alexander

PowerPeopleRealityBuildingsWay

TV loves to bring in affairs - as soon as you have a relationship, let's screw it up.

Connie Britton

RelationshipYouUpBringSoonTV

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