Sharon Olds Quotes

The amount of horror one used to hear about in one village could be quite extreme. But one might not have heard about all the other villages' horrors at the same time.

Sharon Olds

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeVillageHorrorSameUsedHear

Classics can be phenomenal when done right. A simple roast chicken dish could be the best thing you ever eat.

Joe Bastianich

BestSimpleYouDoneChickenRight

The last thing I want to do is to write about real things. I am not interested in reality and in real human beings and their real day-to-day problems - I just want to say to them, 'Hold still, and I'm just going to unpack, see what's inside.'

Andre Aciman

I AmProblemsRealitySayWantSee

I personally always find something really scary about watching little girls learning to manipulate their dads by baby talking. Then they grow up and use the same technique on their boyfriends or husbands. That scares me because it's just so sick on so many levels.

Megan Fox

LearningMeBabyLittle GirlsSick

I love being part of the ASCAP family of songwriters and composers.

Max Martin

FamilyLoveBeingPartSongwriters

What I always do in times of trouble or stress is to try and do something I don't know how to do.

Ruth Reichl

StressTroubleKnowTryAlwaysHow

Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and deeper into a person.

Jon Tenney

CharacterChanceYouPersonYears

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

Joichi Ito

WorkBrokenDemocracyPlaceOver

The biggest battle for a lot of people who come out of the theater, which is where I was trained, is that they can never forget that a camera is pointed at them.

Denis Leary

PeopleBattleCameraNever Forget

People tell you what you have to wear and do, and I've never been a fan of it.

Christina Grimmie

PeopleYouNeverTellWearBeen

Instagram. Pictures. Lots of pictures! I don't really care to read everyone's thoughts.

Christina Milian

ThoughtsCarePicturesEveryoneRead

The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better the work of art.

Claire Messud

WorkArtExperienceBetterHuman

I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.

Bryan Ferry

WifeHimTokyoHeMetHis

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