David Shields Quotes

I'm interested in non-fiction, but a form of it which is very badly behaved, which doesn't define itself as straight-ahead journalism or memoir. It blurs boundaries, plays fast and loose with the truth - not to be silly, whimsical or lazy, but to get greater purchase on what it feels like to be alive.

David Shields

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthSillyJournalismFastAlive

I think the thing is with a movie that has this much science fiction in it; you need characters who are more science fact, if you know what I mean, than they are human.

Joe Morton

ScienceThinkYouKnowMeanNeed

We knew what we were up against, but we were going to go down fighting. Hopefully people back home remember that we got this far. We've got nothing to be ashamed about.

John Atkinson

HomePeopleFightingRememberDown

If it's football season, all things sort of stop. I'm from Seattle, so I'll watch the Seahawks and whatever other game that day is worthy.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

DayFootballGameStopWorthyWatch

When I was fourteen, I was one of those kids who wore all black because it matched everything. Seriously.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

BlackSeriouslyEverythingWhoKids

The reason I love Luis Palau is because this is a guy who is completely all about evangelism and reaching people and the lost with the gospel.

Stephen Baldwin

LovePeopleLostReasonGuyBecause

The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.

Sun Tzu

LifeArtDeathWarSafetyRoad

I am good at raising money.

Ronna McDaniel

GoodMoneyI AmRaisingAm

When I went to Paris, I had a lot of ideas about it that were formed in the sort of ether that flows about if you watch too many recent Woody Allen movies or took French classes as a kid. I was certainly full of those.

Rosecrans Baldwin

IdeasYouParisMoviesKidWatch

I have great sympathy for people that are infertile, but a life is not something you can give away.

Mary Beth Whitehead

LifeGreatPeopleSympathyYouGive

The list of fun and easily-fixed brain diseases is very short.

Mike Birbiglia

FunBrainShortDiseasesVeryList

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity.

Dick Wolf

CommunicationNew YorkPeopleBack

VH1 does its little '80s retro thing once in a while, all of us in our bad hairdos and unfortunate clothes.

Debbi Peterson

ClothesBadRetroLittleUsOnce

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