David Shields Quotes

I think there are people who are born storytellers. I think of someone like T. C. Boyle or Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I think really, without putting any pejorative on it, they're like carnival barkers, 'Come into the tent, and I'll tell you this story.'

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleStoryThinkSomeoneYouBorn

I thought that if I could speed up the production of animation, I could make a big business out of recreating the amazing images of the news because what we get on TV is always the last bit of image.

Jimmy Lai

BusinessAmazingThoughtSpeedNews

I made the first Moebius strip without knowing what it was.

Max Bill

KnowingFirstWithoutMadeStrip

Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.

Robert Harris

DoingLuxuryLongI CanPriceWrite

I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.

Jeff Koons

GreatDayThinkAlwaysI Think

Now it is time to turn to an older wisdom that, while respecting material comfort and security as a basic right of all, also recognises that many of the most valuable things in life cannot be measured.

Michael D. Higgins

LifeWisdomTimeSecurityComfort

When it comes right down to it, no, we're not religious at all.

Johnny Christ

DownRightReligious

I love pop music. Who doesn't?

Shirley Manson

LoveMusicPopWhoPop MusicI Love

Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

Mary J. Blige

FreeFeelSomeoneYouAnythingGive

I try to find the right director who won't compromise his or anyone else's integrity, and yet be political enough to give the studio what they want, yet put up a fight to maintain that integrity.

Mickey Rourke

IntegrityFightCompromisePolitical

I was kind of a Rickles comic to begin with. I was caustic, and I was abusive and mean to the audience.

Louie Anderson

KindMeanAudienceBeginComic

I remember the first article I ever wrote, and I saw my name in the paper, and I already knew I was undocumented, and I was thinking: 'How can they now say I don't exist?'

Jose Antonio Vargas

ThinkingNameRememberNowSaySaw

To be in love with someone and be raising a family with someone and want to make that commitment and not be able to is ludicrous, just ludicrous.

Brad Pitt

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