Colleen Hoover Quotes

When I published my first novel, 'Slammed,' I included lyrics at the beginning of each chapter from one of my favorite bands, The Avett Brothers. The overwhelmingly positive response from readers to those lyrics really surprised me.

Colleen Hoover

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 11, 1979

Topics

PositiveBeginningMeChapterFirst

When we work on a new theatre piece, we improvise a lot. But it's the opposite in opera, where everything is fixed.

Robert Lepage

WorkTheatreNewEverythingOpera

What guarantees - or at least semi-guarantees - good ballets is good choreographers, and they are thin on the ground.

Robert Gottlieb

GoodGroundLeastThinGuarantees

I come from Beverley in East Yorkshire, and no one there would step outside their front door, or even their back door, on a Saturday night - or any other time, for that matter - unless they were dressed to the nines.

Anna Maxwell Martin

TimeStepDoorNightSaturdayBack

You get to say, 'Here's my philosophical idea about what the costume should like,' and the costume designer comes and gives you choices and sometimes they're all good, and I say, 'What do you think?' and they pick the right thing.

John Sayles

GoodChoicesThinkYouSometimes

I watched my mother waste her life on housework and swore I'd never do that. Dave does the cooking.

Siobhan Fahey

LifeMotherCookingNeverHerWaste

I met Nelson Mandela, and I really didn't know what to say. It was years ago at a benefit. I was just in awe of this man because of what he'd done.

Robin Williams

ManKnowDoneSayAweYears

You can't mess around with young readers - you have to cut straight to the heart of the story. The character can be complex, the plot can have some surprises, but the emotions have to be clear.

Rodman Philbrick

CharacterHeartStoryYouEmotions

If anything caused ISIS, it was the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

AnythingInvasionIraqCaused

I miss L.A. because of the weather. It can change so much in Calgary. You can get a storm one minute, and then the sun will come out and it will be hot.

Dominique McElligott

ChangeStormSunWeatherYouWill

My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.

Boris Johnson

GoodFindingMarsChancesOlivePM

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

Bob Iger

PeopleMindEyeTreatThinkLook

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

Augustine Birrell

HistoryGreatPhilosophyPageant

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