Thomas Mallon Quotes

My house in Connecticut is very quiet, and when I'm trying to concentrate, I don't even allow the cat inside my second-floor study.

Thomas Mallon

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TryingHouseQuietInsideStudyCat

It never was my plan to get into television.

Jimmy Kimmel

PlanTelevisionNeverGet

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

Simon Beaufoy

MeSmallTraditionWayBritishWho

If Roosevelt didn't have World War II, he never would have had a third term.

Robert Dallek

WarWorldNeverWorld War IIWould

There's a real feeling when you know you're getting it right. It's a physical feeling.

Robert Caro

YouFeelingKnowRightRealGetting

What's real freedom? Real freedom is being able to not have my way and still be just as happy as if I did.

Joyce Meyer

FreedomHappyWayRealBeingJust

I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.

Jonny Greenwood

ThinkI ThinkReally

I experience a high on stage that I get nowhere else. I feel its like going to the gym so I won't lose my skills.

Jon Tenney

ExperienceFeelLoseGymSkillsGet

The game against the Vikings back in my second year stands out. It was kind of a turnaround for us. It allowed us to make a run at the playoffs for the first time in quite a while. The memories are so many it's hard to pin one down.

Drew Bledsoe

MemoriesTimeGameYearBackDown

The seed of revolution is repression.

Woodrow Wilson

SeedRevolutionRepression

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

William Gaddis

PowerPeopleCorrupt

Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them or telling them.

Philipp Meyer

JobSayingBelieveYouFindThings

I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.'

Phyllis Diller

LadySaidThreeMilkGrassFresh

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