Tobias Hill Quotes

People have expectations of what you are as a writer. And writers, on the whole, don't like to be classified.

Tobias Hill

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 30, 1970

Topics

PeopleExpectationsYouWholeLike

I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well.

Joel Osteen

PositiveI AmMeThinkDownKind

We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?

Anna Letitia Barbauld

AloneLaughWhyPrayShouldWeep

So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an awkward lovemaking scene, but I think it's very rare that you see it private.

Ang Lee

BeautifulThinkYouSeeAwkward

Being critical of yourself is important sometimes: not during the season, because you need to be confident, but during the winter, it's always a good time to look at yourself in the mirror and say, 'This, this, and this I need to improve.' That's how it is.

Jean-Eric Vergne

WinterGoodTimeMirrorYourself

You kind of form a bond with your subjects, in a way. You're in it together. To a degree that people don't realize, documentary films - or at least the kind of documentary films I'm interested in - are a collaborative undertaking with the subjects.

Steve James

TogetherPeopleBondYouKindWay

I remember the first time somebody played me Janis Joplin. My friend Donna put on Janis Joplin, and she said, 'You're like her.' At the time, I wasn't even a singer; I was a drummer. I just wanted to play the drums.

Sophie B. Hawkins

FriendTimeMeRememberYouPlay

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.

Rita Dove

ChildThoughtLovedYouChildish

The second guy always gets caught, and that's why you have to initiate it instead of retaliating.

Mike Daniels

YouWhyAlwaysGuyCaughtSecond

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

Luciano Pavarotti

ArtImportantAppreciatedOperaMost

Whenever I grump when the alarm goes off, it's immediately replaced by, 'But I get to leave my office at 11 A.M. and be with my daughter all day.'

Josh Elliott

DaughterDayOfficeLeaveGetOff

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.

Jon Ronson

FearlessYouPersonCallType

People don't do good work when they feel like losers and are second-class citizens within their own company.

Jonah Peretti

WorkGoodPeopleGood WorkFeelOwn

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