Anne Waldman Quotes

I call what I do 'modal structures.' Sometimes they're songs, sometimes they're longer, sometimes they're this mantra - I've never called myself a spoken word poet.

Anne Waldman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1945

Topics

MyselfSometimesNeverMantraPoet

If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I know and it doesn't just become a bag of tricks.

Jez Butterworth

CharacterPeopleFeelBagYouKnow

With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the Tea Party.

John Delaney

BrokenTeaPartyWashingtonNeed

The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It seems to me they are sending down their bullies to create fist fights among average American citizens who don't want a government-run health care plan forced upon them.

Jon Voight

WorkTruthHealthBullyingMePlan

Never drew a paycheck outside of baseball.

Don Zimmer

BaseballNeverOutsidePaycheckDrew

Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith.

Sean Bean

FaithYouSometimesLeapNeedBig

What I feel is that we need an independent consumer watchdog. You have regular people who have problems with big financial companies. How do they get relief? And you need somebody who's gonna stand on their side and level the playing field for them.

Richard Cordray

PeopleProblemsFinancialStandYou

Writing the first draft of a new story is incredibly difficult for me. I will happily do revisions, because once I can see the words on the page, I can go about ripping them up and moving scenes around. A blank page, though? Terrifying. I'm always angsty when I'm working my way through a first draft.

Marie Lu

WordsMeMovingWritingStoryI Can

Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.

Marilyn vos Savant

LifeHabitSchoolHigh SchoolYou

With any teen show, there's going to be drama and heartache.

Lili Reinhart

TeenDramaGoingHeartacheShowAny

I don't recruit against Nick Saban. I recruit for the University of Georgia.

Kirby Smart

GeorgiaUniversityAgainstNick

My dad didn't drive - the only dad I knew who didn't.

Julie Burchill

DriveOnlyWhoKnewDad

My father dealt in stocks and shares and my mother also had a lot of time on her hands.

Hermione Gingold

FatherMotherTimeHandsDealtHer

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