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Mark Helprin Quotes

Of course, you would have to be insane to hope your child grows up to be a playwright or poet. Given the odds, you would have to be quite cavalier about your children's future.

Mark Helprin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: June 28, 1947

Topics

Future Hope Children Child You Odds

I'm a Democrat, and I have strong reasons for being a Democrat.

Jim Webb

Strong Democrat Being Reasons

I've always been sort of drawn to storytelling, and I was always very playful growing up.

Megan Boone

Growing Up Growing Storytelling Up

My experience is authenticity and honesty always works best with people my age and younger, and even older. Millennials specifically really respond to keeping it real about your opinions.

Meghan McCain

Age Honesty Best Experience People

One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.

Jeanne Moreau

People You See Up Give One Thing

A lot of music that's my favorite doesn't sound like the music I write.

Soccer Mommy

Music Sound Write Favorite Like Lot

When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.

Martin Yan

Work Enjoy You Play Becomes

I write about what happens in my life - and my dad's passing was a huge blow to me.

Lukas Forchhammer

Life Me My Life Write Happens About

I have travelled and been pretty much a one man operation for most of my career, and I think it'll continue to be that way.

Loudon Wainwright III

Man Think Career Way Pretty Been

There are a lot of people I look up to and respect, but there's nobody really specific I would call a hero.

Lizzie Armitstead

Respect Hero People Look Nobody Up

A translation needs to read convincingly. There's no limit to what can go into it in terms of background research, feeling, or your own interests in form and history. But what should come out is something that reads as convincing English-language text.

Jonathan Galassi

History Research Feeling Go Limit

Fear is one of the worst, and most limiting, emotions in life.

Donna Brazile

Life Fear Emotions Worst Most

Airline food is cooked in an oven and then kept warm. Space station food is often cooked in an oven and then thermo-stabilised, irradiated or dehydrated and then stored for a year or two before you even get to it.

Chris Hadfield

Food Space Warm Year You Two