David Shields Quotes

We like non-fiction because we live in fictitious times.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveBecauseLikeNon-FictionTimes

Films are amazing. To be a part of a movie is the greatest. It's so historic and exciting.

Jennifer Love Hewitt

AmazingGreatestExcitingMoviePart

Wanting money has been made so taboo. We're not allowed to talk about it or admit we want it, and yet we use it every single minute of our lives.

Jen Sincero

MoneyAdmitWantTalkSingleBeen

We made 'Wretched and Divine,' and as much as I love it, it's a pretty sparkly record - it's a record that could be done as a play because it's very theatrical with no grit.

Andy Biersack

LoveGritPlayDoneDivinePretty

I think of myself as a journalist and a storyteller.

Soledad O'Brien

MyselfThinkI ThinkJournalist

If your mind is empty, it is ready for anything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

Shunryu Suzuki

MindPossibilitiesReadyExpertYour

Palin seems to have forgotten that her poll ratings have plummeted since the summer of 2011.

Ron Fournier

SummerForgottenHerSeemsRatings

I'd say 50 on men is like 33 on women in Hollywood. The standards - it's just the way we do our storytelling. And I hope it will change, because I think it's dumb.

Ron Livingston

ChangeWomenHopeMenThinkDumb

I quite liked having a baby - I think I won't put it more strongly than that. But I had no intention of allowing motherhood to disrupt my work as an archeologist.

Mary Leakey

WorkBabyMotherhoodThinkIntention

I write entertainment. There are some books you read but don't inhale. There are books that will change your life.

Michael Robotham

LifeChangeYouEntertainmentWill

I'm not cantankerous.

Dick Van Dyke

GovernmentPeopleWorldAmericanGo

I've never been with a group of people for that long. I mean, even my family I don't think I know as intimately as the people I worked with on 'West Wing.'

Allison Janney

FamilyPeopleThinkLongKnowGroup

We weren't built to fly. We can do it, but we shouldn't be surprised if it feels a little unnatural.

Picabo Street

FlyLittleSurprisedBuiltWere

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