Tim O'Brien Quotes

Fiction is a lie that is told in the service of truth.

Tim O'Brien

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthServiceLieFiction

The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

John Curran

WorstFilmmakerFilmWorst Thing

I think there's something inherently interesting in the Monday morning quarterback: the guy who, you know, sits at one end of the briefing room and tells everyone what they should've done and how they've screwed up.

Robert Picardo

MorningMondayThinkEndInteresting

I have never ever Googled myself; in fact I think the Christian right prohibits such things.

Tom Robbins

MyselfThinkChristianNeverRight

They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.

Loni Anderson

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One of the wonderful things about 'Jason Bourne' and that franchise is getting to work the same people sporadically and over the course of many years. I'm not so keen on having to get to know a whole group of people.

Julia Stiles

WorkPeopleKnowGroupSameOver

You'll never see me in an airport without a DDP YOGA shirt. It says, 'It Ain't Your Mama's Yoga' on the back and 'DDP YOGA' in the front. Every time I walk around, people see the shirt, and it makes them smile.

Diamond Dallas Page

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I think that when you first read material or you first read a script or story and know you might be playing a part, it's important not to see yourself because it should be a challenge enough that it doesn't come easy.

Ansel Elgort

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Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.

William Goldman

WifeNeverSheYourArgueHostility

I just don't believe that you have to come in and insult people when you want to change things.

Sydney Schanberg

ChangePeopleBelieveYouWantJust

I don't want to worry about someone calling me and going, 'You better find a way to get another Taylor Swift record out this quarter.' When there's that kind of financial pressure dictating your path, it's hard to take creative risks.

Scott Borchetta

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Bill de Blasio was swept to the New York mayoralty on the promise of getting Gracie Mansion out from under the thumb of corporate elites.

Rick Perlstein

New YorkNewOutCorporatePromise

The sad thing is, when it comes to diet, is that even when well-intentioned Feds try to do right by us, they fail. Either they're outvoted by puppets of agribusiness, or they are puppets of agribusiness.

Mark Bittman

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