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William T. Vollmann Quotes

When I go train hopping and I look up into the sky, there are always so many more stars than I remember there were.

William T. Vollmann

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: July 28, 1959

Topics

Stars Sky Remember Look Train Go

I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me.

Business People Me Think Know Film

Like many in academia and in the development industry, I am among globalization's greatest beneficiaries - those who are able to sell our services in markets that are larger and richer than our parents could have dreamed of.

I Am Parents Globalization Sell Able

We have two day-parts, lunch and dinner. We don't have breakfast. We don't have drive-thru. We don't have late night. We don't have 24-hours.

Breakfast Lunch Dinner Night Late

I used to wait in line for Jordans. That's how much of a freak I was.

Wait Line Freak Used Much How

We have to get the oil where the oil is.

In my head, I have the most sensational singing voice. I perform concerts to thousands in the shower. The reality is I can hold a tune. The dream is a West End musical one day - no, really!

Day Singing Voice Reality End Dream

There are only three million people in Uruguay, but there is such hunger for glory: you'll do anything to make it; you have that extra desire to run, to suffer. I can't explain our success, but I think that's a reason.

Success People Think You Glory Run

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

Death Me Enjoy See Salesman Knocked

To regret fully is to appreciate how high the stakes are in even the average human life; fully experienced, it turns our eyes, attentive and alert, to a future possibly lived better than our past.

Life Future Eyes Past Regret Better

I found Hollywood pretty bruising and uncreative. The executives are all in thrall to the boss, and spend their times double-guessing him or her, and trying to remember what he/she said and then applying them to the script, whether it was useful or not. They're all in fear for their jobs.

Deborah Moggach

Fear Boss Remember Trying Said Him

Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films.

Think America Go Relationships Adult

I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed.

Down More Used Just Able Changed

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