Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Bobbie Ann Mason Quotes

I used my NEA fellowship to write my novel, 'In Country,' which was published by Harper & Row in 1985.

Bobbie Ann Mason

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 1, 1940

Topics

Country Write Fellowship Used Novel

You don't need the world to understand you. It's fine. Some people will never really understand things they haven't experienced. Some will. Be grateful.

Grateful People World You Understand

If that's the way the game is played, I don't want to play anymore.

Game Play Want Way Anymore Played

'Free' is more of that 'familiarity breeds contempt' kind of thing. It's about saying 'Wait, I'm longing for something more than I have and I don't know what it is that I want, but I know I want it.' It has nothing to do with what I'm going through, personally.

Wait Free Saying Know Want Kind

The report of this made me exceedingly angry, for I could not see why information which a middle-class woman could get from her doctor should be withheld from a poorer woman who might need it far more.

Woman Angry Me Doctor Information

We listen to so many different types of music, so it's easy for us to play a different genre or style and it be true to what we do.

Music Style Easy Be True Play True

I would love to be in 'Downton Abbey.' That's the thing I thing many people would have a good laugh with me saying anything like that. I feel like that's the next phase of my career. To reprove to everyone that I can do things besides the crazy characters.

Love Good People Me Crazy Saying

If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is.

Annabella Sciorra

Yourself Care Take Care You Place

I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting money. A lot of older jazz guys looked out for me and found me gigs and places to stay.

Wynton Marsalis

Time Money New York Me Survive Jazz

The media and the rest of popular culture weren't recording people's reactions to 9/11; they were forcing made-up reactions down people's throats.

Culture People Rest Media Down Were

I've not had Botox, no.

I have drawn a very close bond to all the military people.

People Bond Military Close Very

We all recognize that Colorado and our nation have a long and storied tradition of gun ownership for hunting, outdoor recreation and self-defense. However, I am not convinced that combat weapons are necessarily part of that heritage.

I Am Gun Ownership Long Heritage

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Bobbie Ann Mason