David Shields Quotes

I'm very fond of this phrase: 'Collage is not a refuge for the compositionally disabled.' If you put together the pieces in a really powerful way, I think you'll let a thousand discrepancies bloom.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1956

Topics

TogetherThinkYouPowerfulBloom

Between the two dream coasts, we're just called flyover country... If you aren't known as an amorphous Eastern Seaboard writer, you're dismissed as a regional author.

Jim Harrison

YouDreamCountryTwoJustBetween

I think Johnny Depp could play just about any role - I'd love to see what he would do with the Red Queen!

Jennifer Todd

LoveQueenRedThinkPlaySee

We humans can get used to anything. It really is remarkable. The problem is that we often use this glorious ability of ours to stay stuck in mediocrity. Oh, the years we waste adapting to lousy marriages, soul-sucking jobs, being friends with people who are rude to waitresses.

Jen Sincero

PeopleMediocrityFriendsProblem

I know intuitively when the work is right, no training can teach you this, it is simply a matter of feeling.

Robert Ryan

WorkTrainingYouFeelingKnow

We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.

Michael Chertoff

IntelligenceSecurityDoneSharing

Some commercials can work against your image.

Amruta Khanvilkar

WorkImageAgainstYourSome

What surprised me most while writing 'The Monogram Murders' was that everything I needed seemed to arrive in my head exactly when I needed it.

Sophie Hannah

MeWritingEverythingHeadMost

I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for me, although by the time August rolls around and my roses have black spot, I need the break winter provides.

Siri Hustvedt

FamilyLoveWinterTimeJoyMe

We would be the worst of fools if we would ever lose this extraordinary capacity to go beyond the limits of past thought and past prejudices.

Maryanne Wolf

PastLimitsThoughtLoseFoolsGo

Love is the child of illusion and the parent of disillusion.

Miguel de Unamuno

LoveLove IsChildParentIllusion

Passion in Ireland is denounced as evil and obscene. Women are the snares set for us by the Devil.

Austin Clarke

WomenPassionEvilDevilUsIreland

George Martin is an incredible writer.

Peter Dinklage

IncredibleWriterMartinGeorge

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