Cheryl Strayed Quotes

A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened.

Cheryl Strayed

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 17, 1968

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My first two books, I was very close to my main character, stuck inside their head. And then with 'Arrogance,' I broke into many different voices. I introduce many different characters, and that helped me to develop a confidence to move between different characters, between different voices.

Joanna Scott

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I spent most of my youth in Manchester, in clubs and football grounds and the Manchester Apollo.

John Simm

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I've developed into quite a swan. I'm one of those people that will probably look better and better as I get older until I drop dead of beauty.

Rufus Wainwright

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My publishers find me really challenging, as a lot of the time, I don't even know what I'm going to be writing about until I sit down to do it.

Lisa Jewell

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On my 14th birthday, my grandfather and my grandmother gave me the best birthday present ever: a drafting table that I have worked on ever since.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

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Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.

Donald Tusk

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That's how I started. I moved to New York City, and I was a makeup artist.

Christian Siriano

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I believe in the sanctity of human life, from the womb to the tomb.

Chris Smith

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I use only men's perfumes. I change my perfumes every month.

Alia Bhatt

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I have been very lucky, and I think it all goes back to state subsidy for the arts. I gained my training and confidence and credentials in the not-for-profit world, and in England, that does not mean on the fringe of things. It means right at the centre.

Phyllida Lloyd

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Self-awareness is a character trait that's horrible to have if you're a performer. I think that a lot of these performers that we see get up on stage and play music, there's a sense of them truly not caring how they're coming across. They are just themselves. I look up to a lot of people who are like that.

Tyler Joseph

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I still want to find some place to play 'Hamlet,' and if 'Far and Away' helps me do that, that would be nice.

Thomas Gibson

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