William T. Vollmann Quotes

I read and write for most of the day, but I do let myself be interrupted by real life. I enjoy going out with friends and try not to take myself too seriously.

William T. Vollmann

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LifeMyselfDayFriendsEnjoyTry

I had been a basketball fan growing up, and I felt that if we brought in the proper coach, and we played basketball the old fashioned way - where defense is paramount and offense involved movement off the ball and movement of the ball - we could build a winning team, and Chicago would respond to that.

Jerry Reinsdorf

TeamGrowing UpBasketballWinning

Art is messy, art is chaos - so you need a system.

Andrew Stanton

ArtChaosYouMessyNeedSystem

Patience pays off.

Mayte Garcia

PatienceOffPays

We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world.

Michael Bloomberg

WorldFreeWillRebuildRenew

I needed something Real Madrid could not give, which was playing every Sunday, whether I was doing well or not.

Alvaro Morata

DoingSundayRealPlayingSomething

I'm a Words With Friends dork!

Spencer Kayden

WordsFriendsDork

I always wanted to do a Hollywood story. The thing about actors, though, is that they go through a streak of roles. The question is, what's in between?

Tom Folsom

StoryGoHollywoodQuestionAlways

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

Joshua Leonard

LoveGoodDayJobControlGood Job

I could never wear another uniform. I will forever be a Yankee.

Jorge Posada

UniformWillNeverForeverWear

I would love to be able to program myself to pick up any instrument and to be able to play it very, very well, and to be able to read music and dance as well. I'm very uncoordinated, and I'd love to be able to bust a really great move.

Dichen Lachman

LoveMusicGreatMyselfDancePlay

I think of sports writers as mediating between two worlds. Athletes probably think of sports writers as not macho enough. And people in high culture probably think of sports writers as jocks or something. They are in an interestingly complex position in which they have to mediate the world of body and the world of words.

David Shields

SportsCultureWordsPeopleWorld

What you do is, you have your drawing board and a pencil in hand at the telescope. You look in and you make some markings on the paper and you look in again.

Clyde Tombaugh

DrawingYouLookHandPencilPaper

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