Tim O'Brien Quotes

When writing, I'm not thinking about war, even if I'm writing about it. I'm thinking about sentences, rhythm and story. So the focus, when I'm working, even if it's on a story that takes place at war, is not on bombs or bullets. It's on the story.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 1, 1946

Topics

FocusWarWritingStoryThinking

At one point I couldn't move or get out of bed or anything. I developed blood clots because I'd been completely inactive. Then they thought - because the pain was so much - I had an infection in the bones, so they gave me pills, which gave me a tummy infection. It's like a French farce.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

PainMeThoughtBedBloodAnything

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

Andre Kostelanetz

SeeingAudienceAdvantageConductor

The graphic style itself is influenced by a lot of very layered and detailed comics that I read as a kid, like 'Vagabond' by Takehiko Inoue.

Toyin Odutola

StyleKidLikeReadComicsVery

I have learned that the hardest part of campaigning for tolerance and justice is encouraging people to look at their own selves, to examine their own identity and shortcomings.

Roger Ross Williams

JusticeIdentityPeopleTolerance

I've matured - just growing up and learning more about my sport and more about myself.

Michelle Carter

LearningMyselfGrowing UpGrowing

I love '80s beats; everyone does.

Julia Holter

LoveEveryoneBeatsDoesI Love

For me, a dream partner is someone who is willing to learn and to put their trust in me.

Derek Hough

TrustMePartnerLearnSomeoneWho

Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.

Denise Mina

LiveCharacterTryingFindTryOut

I have a boyfriend and a dog, and I still haven't figured out what I want to be when I grow up.

Chelsea Clinton

DogGrowWantGrow UpOutUp

I go skydiving often. At least twice a year.

Prince Royce

YearGoTwiceSkydivingLeastOften

A history of perceived humiliation, after all, lurks behind many acts of terror. And competing narratives of victimhood and insults sustain conflicts in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and many other regions.

Serge Schmemann

HistoryInsultsCompetingMiddle

I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

Nikki Giovanni

HistoryGreatI AmPeopleMeGo

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