Bret Easton Ellis Quotes

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

Bret Easton Ellis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 7, 1964

Topics

FatherBusinessSportsKnowEveryone

We have escapist fiction, so why not escapist biography?

John Kenneth Galbraith

WhyFictionBiographyWhy Not

The reason I'm travelling so much is because of reasons that weren't completely planned. Several of the shows became successful and were invited to go to other places and they've all happened at similar times.

Matthew Bourne

GoPlacesReasonPlannedSuccessful

Teaching civility is an obligation of the family.

Stephen Carter

FamilyCivilityObligationTeaching

To make personal movies that you are the author of, is quite a difficult thing. It takes a lot of stamina.

Roman Coppola

YouMoviesPersonalDifficultTakes

Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for.

Mary Lou Retton

FamousDreamWinnersCompetingThan

I will never ally with Islamophobes and racists. But in the choice between 'community' and Muslim women, I will always choose my sisters.

Mona Eltahawy

WomenCommunityChooseChoiceNever

Often, the disconnect between the marketing hype around a new product and what the product actually does is astounding.

Mitch Kapor

MarketingNewProductHypeBetween

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Lord Byron

MeShortDoubtNothingEverything

I always order soup, dessert, and a sandwich or whatever main course. But then the idea is you have to eat such a small portion of it and bring the rest home.

Lisa Lampanelli

HomeSmallSoupRestYouDessert

I kept having chills. This was in the middle of the summer and I was wearing a sheepskin jacket and I was chilling. I was shaking all over.

Dick York

SummerJacketOverChillingMiddle

The real key is to live in an environment where the mind feels free to choose the right thing instead of being compelled by habit and inertia to choose the wrong thing.

Deepak Chopra

LiveHabitMindFreeKeyChoose

Artists don't compare themselves to each other based on money. Nobody really knows what money other artists have. They don't care that much. The measure is the work and how you think your work is perceived. How the museums are. How you are doing.

Donald Sultan

WorkMoneyThinkCareDoingYou

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