Anthony Doerr Quotes

Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.

Anthony Doerr

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LifeRisksJoyMeShortI Can

Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.

Andre Rieu

SuccessHappyPeopleMeJealous

I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.

Andrea Hirata

AgeAloneDecisionPeopleMeIdeas

Well, I can't live without a woman. I have to have a woman, have to have a wife.

Robert Duvall

LiveWifeWomanWithoutWell

Acting on the theory that sometimes luck is better than work, I randomly called several people named Dattilo in Kentucky. All were unfailingly polite, and none knew anything about a major with their last name who died in World War II. I also discovered that more Dattilos lived in Kentucky than I would have imagined.

Mitchell Zuckoff

WorkWarPeopleLuckWorldBetter

I go by my instincts. It's whatever I feel in the scene in the moment.

Millie Bobby Brown

MomentFeelGoWhateverInstincts

Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish mess. Can't I for once play that on stage?

Jason Isaacs

LifeI AmToughStrongLookPlay

Freedom is the thing that has attracted me most to jazz. Within improvisation, you're really able to express something that maybe I'm not so adept at expressing via language. So I develop a language through the instrument to tell stories. So it's kind of this freedom of thought and freedom of expression that kind happens.

Jason Moran

FreedomMeThoughtLanguageYou

God bless Skrillex. I love the kid, but he puts out a new video, what, every four weeks? I'm like the Dos Equis guy. I don't normally do music videos, but when I do, I go big.

Deadmau5

LoveMusicGodGoNewKid

Film and art are close together.

Arne Glimcher

ArtTogetherFilmClose

When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.

Arne Jacobsen

GreatArtTravelFunThinkYou

For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.

Pink

WeekSometimesSalaryFirstDivided

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.

Suzan-Lori Parks

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