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Conor McPherson Quotes

I'm not a good storyteller - I much prefer to be with people who are chatty, to have the luxury of listening.

Conor McPherson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: irish
Birth: August 6, 1971

Topics

Good People Listening Luxury Who

In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because it's just nice to wake up without one.

Goals Morning Looking Wake Up Nice

We all have dark sides to ourselves, and I want to portray that in a realistic way.

Tom Weston-Jones

Dark Want Way Sides Realistic

I've been married a few times. I'm not good at it.

Good Been Married Few Times

I must believe that in words we will find what in fury we cannot.

Romesh Gunesekera

Words Believe Find Will Must Fury

I pledge to you I'm not a talker. I'm a doer.

Michele Bachmann

You Pledge Doer Talker

I've always listened to music while I write, but none of my work has been so directly impacted by a song as my new novel, 'So Cold the River,' for which the brilliant strings piece 'Short Trip Home,' composed by Edgar Meyer and featuring the incredible Joshua Bell on violin, inspired much of the story.

Work Home Music River Song Cold

I made a vow that I wouldn't be tempted by what could happen to me if I went to Europe. I thought, 'You could be absorbed in it - it's so seductive, you might lose your own search for identity.' Then, when I did finally go to Europe, I was able to resist it because I had established my own identity.

Identity Me Thought Search You Lose

John Kerry can be absolutely ruthless. I would not want to be on his enemies list when he's ready to go after you.

Douglas Brinkley

You Ready Go Want Enemies Ruthless

Legislation on Lyme disease, weather patterns, helping farmers, helping veterans - these are not partisan issues.

Weather Veterans Farmers Legislation

I still see life entirely through its Darwinian prism. I keep trying to shake off the aftereffects of writing 'The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead', and I find I can't.

Life Day Writing Trying You Find

If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly.

Live Hope People Learn Finding Well

We need Big Ideas, as we are in a time of small people, and as Kennedy showed with Apollo, doing something grand in space is the biggest. At a time of huge national doubt and fear of losing our leadership as a nation to others, it focused us, gave us something positive and inspired a generation.

Positive Leadership Fear Time Losing

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