Donovan Quotes

The poet is the voice of the people. And when the poet presents certain ideas, two phrases in one poem can alter a generation's view. So poets have always been feared - and controlled and jailed.

Donovan

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I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to however people interpret it once they sort of see it.

Joan Allen

WomenMyselfI AmPeopleThinkFeel

I teach in M.F.A. programs now, and I think that's a great way to become a novelist, but I mourn that Pete Dexter and Joan Didion's route is maybe less likely because there are fewer of those jobs. I always liken it to playing piano in some great dive jazz bar. You didn't pick the songs, you played what people asked for, but you got your chops.

Jess Walter

GreatPeopleThinkYouJazzBecome

I don't care about being on top, about being No. 1. I just make movies for a few suckers in the audience, anyway.

John Cassavetes

CareMoviesTopAudienceBeingJust

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

John Wooden

DisciplineYourselfOthersNeed

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

John Wooden

CriticismWeaknessYouPraiseUp

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.

Anais Nin

LifeInspirationalLoveFriendSpace

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Rita Mae Brown

WorkHopeTrustCreativityYouMore

The belief that government must be the ultimate nanny to our children is one of the fundamental philosophical disagreements between the Right and Left.

Mike Gallagher

ChildrenGovernmentBeliefRightOur

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.

Lois Wyse

MotherChildrenDayGrandchildren

What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society.

Colin Powell

PeopleSocietyThinkUnhappyDoing

What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?

William Gaddis

WorkManArtistDoneWantHuman

I always go back to theatre. It's probably where I'll draw my last breath.

Peter Gallagher

TheatreBackGoAlwaysBreathWhere

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