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Susan Minot Quotes

When I was in my teens and twenties, I could see friends expressing how radical they were, and I envied them, the way they lived, the way they dressed. Maybe there is a part of me that is reserved, even in rebellion.

Susan Minot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 7, 1956

Topics

Me Friends Dressed Rebellion Way

I think kids are excited by language, and they're not always given credit for that.

Matthew Tobin Anderson

Think Language Credit Always Excited

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

Robert Benchley

Great Soul Spring Present Literature

I am one of 40 grandchildren. What bothers me about the whole trust-fund thing is that it sort of presumes that everything is handed to you. And if there is one thing about my family that I do identify with, it is that everyone is extremely hardworking.

Rooney Mara

Family I Am Me Grandchildren You

When I left 'Downton Abbey,' it hadn't yet taken off and become the phenomenon that it is, to this day. That all happened after I left. But, it was fabulous to be a part of it and to be a part of the cast. We had an absolute ball!

Rose Leslie

Day Become Fabulous Ball Left Off

TV is going to be more tailored to you, and the traditional experience of coming in in the middle of a show will be part of the past.

Roy Price

Experience Past You Will More Going

Really, it hasn't changed for female comics; it's still hard for females to really enter the game.

Loni Love

Game Hard Still Changed Comics

What was really wonderful about the 'Doubtfire' shoot is that we had this really long rehearsal period in the beginning. That was a great time to get to know each other. We got to know each other and to create the family vibe. So we really didn't have to force it.

Lisa Jakub

Family Great Time Beginning Long

Everybody's a teacher if you listen.

Doris Roberts

Teacher You Listen Everybody

It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.

Christina Hoff Sommers

Good Men Be True Say True Why

There was never any career plan. When 'Red Dwarf' started I thought we were doing a curious little sitcom on BBC2, I didn't think I was becoming an actor. I didn't see that 21 years later I'd still be talking about it, let alone filming a new one. For me everything's always been an accident.

Craig Charles

Alone Curious Red Me Think Thought

Spike optioned my first book, 'Now the Hell Will Start,' and he trusted me to write the screenplay, too. That was an awesome learning experience - I grew up watching Spike's movies, and here he was giving me handwritten notes about structure and dialogue. His feedback taught me so much about how to craft a cinematic narrative.

Brendan I. Koerner

Learning Experience Me Start Book

An actor should never be influenced by the surroundings, because you have to submit completely, and trust me, it's not a good feeling when you know that your father is going to come and watch you work every day!

Arjun Kapoor

Work Good Father Trust Day Me