Donald E. Westlake Quotes

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

Donald E. Westlake

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1933 - December 31, 2008

Topics

IdeasIndustryPublishingAnyWere

I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects.

Jennifer Holliday

LifeHealthDepressionDayFight

I have only really gotten by with playing versions of myself as most young actors do.

Amanda Seyfried

MyselfYoungPlayingOnlyMost

But I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.

Sibel Edmonds

PeopleYouSeeingI CanCountry

I always say to my students that being a scientist is like being an explorer, and I really mean that because, in a sense, I think in science we explore the world, the universe around us.

Roderick MacKinnon

ScienceWorldThinkUniverseSayUs

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

Donella Meadows

ChangeClimate ChangeSeriouslyTake

My happiest hours are spent in school, surrounded by those I hope to benefit.

Dorothea Dix

HopeSchoolSurroundedHappiest

It's awesome to be running down the field, and your brother is next to you. We get to block together sometimes, and it's fun to put a guy on his back together.

Chris Gronkowski

TogetherFunBrotherYouBackDown

I haven't really given much thought to the whole 'working mother' thing.

Claire Foy

MotherThoughtWorkingWholeMuch

One of the biggest mistakes people make when hanging curtains is hanging them too low. It can make a room feel really shrimpy to hang the curtain rod just above the window moldings. Go all the way up to just below crown moulding or below the ceiling if there is no crown.

Bobby Berk

MistakesPeopleWindowFeelCrown

I gave everything I had to basketball. The passion is still there, but the desire to play is not. It was a great ride.

Allen Iverson

PassionGreatRideBasketballPlay

My heart got broken so many times because I put so much pressure on it. And then... I got blindsided.

Ali Larter

HeartBrokenPressureGotBecause

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

Penelope Keith

OutDepthJustShynessEgoism

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