Donna Tartt Quotes

Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.

Donna Tartt

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LoveChildrenSecretNeedClubEven

My grandmother would start making her meat sauce at 7 in the morning on Sunday, and within five or six hours, that smell would be all through the house.

Jerry Della Femina

MorningStartHouseSundayMeat

Many of America's historical cornbreads were staple breads for people who didn't have many other options.

Jeremy Jackson

PeopleAmericaHistoricalOptions

As a kid I collected stamps, pebbles on the beach, anything. I liked to have at least 10 of something.

Jean Pigozzi

BeachKidAnythingSomethingLeast

Insofar as there is an anxiety of influence for a biographer, it may be that each new book is undertaken in reaction to the previous book.

Stacy Schiff

InfluenceBookAnxietyNewReaction

Boiled peanuts are a Southern thing.

Trisha Yearwood

SouthernPeanutsThing

Although idea and form are ultimately paramount in my work, so too are chance, accident, and rawness.

Martin Puryear

WorkChanceAccidentIdeaFormToo

Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.

Mitchell Baker

TechnologyPeopleSome PeopleArtists

I know I'm always ready when I jump into the ring.

Joseph Parker

ReadyJumpKnowRingAlways

Things always change in football, and you can never predict anything.

Dele Alli

ChangeFootballYouPredictNever

I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. Every day in this country, everybody keeps worrying about the deterioration of America, and it's like a big reality show.

Clint Eastwood

DayRealityAmericaEvery DayLiving

People tell me how great it must have been to ride horses and stuff. Well, do it for two days straight on dusty days when the cows and horses were really tired.

Arthur Slade

GreatRideTiredPeopleMeTell

I refer to what I do as 'conceptual portraits,' meaning that I come up with an idea or concept that I would like to explore, and then I find people that fit that idea.

Alix Smith

PeopleMeaningFindExploreUpCome

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