Svetlana Alexievich Quotes

Flaubert called himself a human pen; I would say that I am a human ear. When I walk down the street and catch words, phrases, and exclamations, I always think - how many novels disappear without a trace! Disappear into darkness.

Svetlana Alexievich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
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  • Birth: May 31, 1948

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For me, the great joy is to watch an audience watching what I've made. To hear not a peep from the audience at the right moment, and then to hear the laughs and the cheers.

Michael Bay

GreatMomentJoyMeWatchingRight

Nothing I do is done by popular demand.

Steve Martin

DoneNothingDemandPopular

We need a broader party. If we're not doing better with millennials and women and Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans and others, we will have a tough time being a majority party at the national level.

Rob Portman

WomenTimeToughBetterDoingParty

When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big, powerful sound out of his guitar amp. He said, 'I blew a speaker and decided not to get it fixed.'

Robbie Robertson

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'Gone Home' is a game about exploration, and everything you'll experience is tied intimately to the space of the spooky house around you. Your task is simple: Poke around.

Robin Sloan

HomeExperienceSimpleSpaceGame

Recovery measures work better when they raise confidence - as Franklin D. Roosevelt understood. His fireside chats, and his inaugural address proclaiming he would fight the Great Depression with the same resolve he would muster against a foreign foe, were aimed at reassuring Americans.

Christina Romer

WorkConfidenceGreatDepression

People who attack biography choose as their models vulgar and offensive biography. You could equally attack novels or poems by choosing bad poems or novels.

Claire Tomalin

PeopleYouChooseBadOffensiveWho

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God.

Brennan Manning

GodYourselfDefineBeloved

I love color, and I'm very inspired by curvy women and helping them feel good in their clothes.

Ashley Nell Tipton

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If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

William Penn

WeaknessConquerNeverMustThou

It is very true to say that work done by writers is quite often an attempt to give solid expression to that which is bothering them... They feel they have got it right if they express the stress.

Seamus Heaney

WorkStressFeelDoneSayTrue

The process of writing a story isn't about fair. It's about getting to the heart of your story, getting to the truth of it. It transcends ideals of fair and unfair, right and wrong.

Lynn Coady

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