Tobias Wolff Quotes

You don't teach information in a writing workshop.

Tobias Wolff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 19, 1945

Topics

WritingYouInformationTeach

There is a slight problem with being a conceptual artist these days: You won't get paid. But this levels the field and takes the art of money out of the field of serious art. The only conceptual artists who would conceive of making money on the Internet are a lowbrow species known as hustlers.

Andrei Codrescu

ArtMoneyMaking MoneyProblemYou

The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.

Mauricio Macri

RespectSituationHumanRightsOnly

One of the great things about the Internet is that you can read what everybody has to say about everything. It is fascinating to me, the critiques about humor by people who have no sense of humor.

Matt Groening

GreatHumorPeopleMeInternetYou

Chairman Hensarling is a good man who cares about America, and I respect him to the highest degree.

Stephen Fincher

GoodRespectManGood ManAmerica

Mellowing has never done much for me. You need to keep moving.

Rita Moreno

MeMovingYouKeep MovingDoneNeed

This is what I have learned: Any white person living in the United States will develop opinions about race simply by swimming in the water of our culture. But mainstream sources - schools, textbooks, media - don't provide us with the multiple perspectives we need.

Robin DiAngelo

WaterCultureSwimmingMediaLiving

A story is ultimately a memory. It's important when you're telling a story to think about why this memory is a memory. You don't remember everything in life; you just remember certain things - so, why this one?

Matt Besser

LifeMemoryStoryThinkRemember

I have stood on the shoulders of giants like Billie Jean King, Hillary Clinton, my mother - people who have really empowered and influenced my life in an incredible way.

Michelle Kwan

LifeMotherKingPeopleMy LifeWay

I'm uncomfortable, frankly, with the hype about Africa. We went from one extreme... to, like, Africa now is the best thing after sliced bread.

Mo Ibrahim

BestUncomfortableBreadNowAfrica

There is no hope of anyone going to Heaven unless they believe this truth I am presenting. You cannot go to Heaven unless you believe with all your heart that Jesus took your place in Hell.

Joyce Meyer

TruthHopeHeartI AmBelieveHell

The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn't exist for me anymore. It's more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don't base my happiness on that anymore. It's about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride.

Donny Osmond

HappinessRideMeMindsetEnjoy

I think people are often surprised, but I never defined myself as, 'I'm the business guy who has to supersede what my father has done.'

Donald Trump, Jr.

FatherBusinessMyselfPeopleThink

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