Sharon Olds Quotes

I think that there are fiction writers for whom that works well. I could never do it. I feel as if, by the time I see that it's a poem, it's almost written in my head somewhere.

Sharon Olds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 19, 1942

Topics

TimeThinkFeelNeverSeeHead

Seriously, in America there are more big, curvy girls than there are little girls, and men love us, too.

Jill Scott

LoveMenLittle GirlsAmericaMore

Listen, you know this: If there's not a rebellious youth culture, there's no culture at all. It's absolutely essential. It is the future. This is what we're supposed to do as a species, is advance ideas.

John Lydon

FutureCultureIdeasYouthYouKnow

There's a certain beauty and majesty to Wimbledon. The elegance, the way the grass looks on TV.

John McEnroe

BeautyEleganceLooksGrassWayTV

People close to me called me 'Curry in a Hurry.' I was moving through life at 100 miles an hour trying to further my career and be a great mom and make everyone happy.

Ann Curry

LifeGreatHappyPeopleMomMoving

My daughter told me, 'Daddy, if I don't make it, I don't want you to stop helping these other kids.' So that's where I've been able to go on. I tell people - and I really believe this - I didn't lose a daughter; I gained so many other kids.

Rod Carew

DaughterPeopleMeBelieveYouLose

I am a really bad test taker. I can get straight As in school, but I get nervous on test.

Mary-Kate Olsen

SchoolI AmBadI CanNervousTest

You want to take a charge from LeBron James coming down the lane with no helmet on - that's dangerous. But you know what? Some people like to do that stuff. So leave them alone.

Jon Gruden

AlonePeopleYouHelmetDownKnow

It's unbelievable. I'm still trying to grasp the whole idea that I am an actually a Stanford Cardinal now. I'm actually representing an alumni that's network is around the world, and the people there are unbelievable.

Devon Cajuste

I AmPeopleWorldTryingNowAlumni

I am in the Chicago Carpenters Union. They are huge supporters of mine and of MMA.

Clay Guida

I AmChicagoMMAMineUnionAm

I worked with Steven Spielberg on 'AI,' and his level of preparation was extraordinary. He told me there was a time at the beginning when he was a bit more spontaneous and went over budget, and it absolutely wrecked his head. When you look at the power and assuredness of his movies, it makes sense that he works out so much in advance.

Brendan Gleeson

PowerTimeBeginningPreparationMe

You know the circus performer who spins the plates in the air you know, and he'll spin six or seven plates in the air? Acting sometimes is kind of that guy spinning all those plates in the air but in your head and in your body.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

YouBodyActingKnowSometimesKind

Over the years, my students influenced me greatly, and I've learned many lessons from them. I have an immense amount of respect for them, and I think that respect for your audience is the foremost requirement for anyone who wants to write.

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

RespectMeThinkWriteOverYears

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