Colm Toibin Quotes

Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of solitude. No flashbacks and no backstory. Let's have no more back story!

Colm Toibin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: May 30, 1955

Topics

DanceSolitudeStoryYouLookBack

Fun is when you're writing a song and you're trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That's when it's fun. After that, it's work.

Tom Scholz

WorkFunWritingSongTryingYou

Generally, a rising trend in rates is bearish for stocks; a falling trend is bullish.

Martin Zweig

FallingRisingTrendStocksRates

I particularly don't want to play unmotivated behavior.

Michael Zaslow

BehaviorPlayWantParticularly

Jesus never mistreated anyone just because they mistreated Him. He confronted them in a spirit of gentleness and then continued to love them.

Joyce Meyer

LoveJust BecauseSpiritNeverHim

Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.

Diane Lane

SuccessIndependentDifferentThan

I seriously love to cook... My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.

Bradley Cooper

LoveAmazingHelpSeriouslyPasta

We are making a little portion of their brains be sprinters; they are 100 percent football players, but for these purposes, they must learn the proper way to run.

Ato Boldon

FootballLearnRunWayLittleMust

Art is the path to being spiritual.

Piet Mondrian

PathArtSpiritualBeing

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

Sydney Smith

NatureTalentSucceedDesertYou

Anybody who knows about having a premature baby, it's horrific. He was part of a twin, and I lost his sister.

Sherri Shepherd

BabySisterLostWhoKnowsHe

You could get an entire computer science education for free right now.

Sebastian Thrun

EducationScienceFreeYouNowGet

Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading to introduce her pupils to the most varied subjects; and the moment they have been thus started, they can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading.

Maria Montessori

PassionScienceTeacherMomentChild

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