David Shields Quotes

Your art is most alive and dangerous when you use it against yourself. That's why I pick at my scabs.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArtYourselfYouDangerousAlive

Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness.

Jerry Saltz

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I thought 'The Humans' was a beautiful play.

Joel Grey

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People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.

Jennifer Weiner

GoodBestMenPeopleMeWriting

They've turned this character into a human being.

Melinda Clarke

CharacterHumanHuman BeingBeing

It is crazy. It's our first kid, and all of a sudden, she identifies letters as what they are, and you go, 'This kid is a genius - she's obviously some sort of savant!'

Max Greenfield

CrazyGeniusYouGoLettersShe

I never really felt like my age stopped people from wanting to work with me. I was speaking at conferences and lecturing at universities at 18, and I think that was mainly because web developing and management was a really young industry.

Matt Mickiewicz

WorkAgePeopleMeManagementThink

For readers of color, and especially black readers, black girls, I just want them to feel seen. And not just seen - I want them to feel epic and know that they are epic.

Tomi Adeyemi

ColorBlackFeelKnowWantSeen

I don't have a problem with my temper.

Tommy Lee

ProblemTemper

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

Robert A. Heinlein

BlackHelpDarkNeverSearchingCat

I have confidence in the responsibility of those who occupy a seat in the legislature.

Michel Temer

ConfidenceResponsibilitySeatWho

I think book adaptations, the best one to me is like 'Brokeback Mountain.' Which is a short story, 21 pages, that expands so beautifully into a movie.

Derek Cianfrance

BestMountainMeBookStoryThink

The subsistence level is only a conventional idea, and conventions change.

Arthur Lewis

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