Tobias Wolff Quotes

Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.

Tobias Wolff

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Keeping government running really well, to me, is incredibly important.

Joe Lonsdale

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I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder.

John Boyne

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My career did start in the Spanish language industry, and that's probably because my father is my manager. He pushed my career in the direction he knew best.

Jencarlos Canela

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I think that's what makes characters interesting - when you paint a person into a corner, and you see what they do to get out of that corner. It's what makes drama drama.

Andre Holland

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The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it.

John Ruskin

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People in California don't live in a place so much as they do a condition.

John Sandford

LivePeoplePlaceCaliforniaMuch

I always encourage people in the early parts of their career to focus on writing. If you can communicate clearly, if you can articulate a thought, if you can write a great story, then you're going to be successful.

Steve Capus

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I've always loved kids, but to have your own little munchkins is unlike anything else. It's the greatest form of love; it's challenging and scary, but so rewarding and exciting.

Steve Nash

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We have to stand together against terror and the reasons for terrorism, which are poverty and ignorance.

Shimon Peres

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You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising.

Norman Douglas

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The songs were really complicated. I used to meet people in bar bands who were trying to play our songs and they were really struggling with it. Technically it was really difficult stuff.

Kip Winger

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When you write, you take the ball and you hold it up to the light and you turn it slowly, and let people draw their own conclusions. And try to bring empathy to all sides of the equation.

Justin Cronin

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