Lydia Davis Quotes

I started writing the one-sentence stories when I was translating 'Swann's Way.' There were two reasons. I had almost no time to do my own writing, but didn't want to stop. And it was a reaction to Proust's very long sentences.

Lydia Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 15, 1947

Topics

TimeWritingLongStopWantWay

Ruskin believed that everyone had visual as well as verbal capacities that needed to be developed in order to become a complete human being, and that the apprehension of truth depended on the power of observation.

Robert Hewison

TruthPowerObservationBecomeHuman

One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.

Anna Julia Cooper

GodStandHumanVoicesRushNeeds

The first album was more born from busking - they were the 'me-and-my-guitar' songs. Going out on the road and opening for big acts changes you. You look out at those audiences and start to think, 'OK, I need to write some music that's a little bit bigger.'

Andy Grammer

MusicStartRoadThinkYouLook

Honestly, without art and dance, I think I would be a very safe, black-and-white thinker. I wouldn't dare to take any risks or see so much of the world in myself and other people!

Alyson Stoner

ArtMyselfDanceRisksPeopleWorld

I sometimes laugh at the fact that people say I have good style.

Suki Waterhouse

GoodStylePeopleLaughSometimes

Personal technology has given us the freedom of being able to do whatever we want - and in the case of celebrities and athletes, whomever they want. But it can also serve as a humiliation jetpack.

Sloane Crosley

TechnologyFreedomWantPersonalUs

I am very much a person who appreciates perennial things. Things like a Lacoste shirt, a Clarks desert boot, Persol sunglasses and Vans shoes that have been the same forever. There are certain things that once you find it, you like it and it's done. I like Italian clothing, like suits from Battistoni and I have a shirt by Piero Albertelli.

Roman Coppola

ShoesI AmDesertSunglassesSuits

As an actor and an audience member, it's important to remember that the future will further define the meaning of the present with a show like 'Once Upon A Time.' Sometimes we're just collecting dots, and other times we're connecting them, but you know that the dots that are collected will eventually get connected.

Michael Raymond-James

FutureTimePresentRememberMeaning

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.

Mitch Albom

CulturePeopleMeanEconomyOnly

I've seen and learned enough to keep my music fresh and spread out.

Lloyd Banks

MusicEnoughFreshOutSpreadSeen

Back in 2000, I didn't have a mobile phone.

Juergen Teller

BackPhoneMobile

'Nuyorican Soul' has a lot to do with our lives, growing up in New York, listening to all different styles of music, hanging out with all different kinds of people.

Little Louie Vega

MusicSoulNew YorkPeopleListening

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