Lydia Davis Quotes

I follow my interests pretty - I don't like the word 'intuitively.' I follow them in a kind of natural way, without questioning them too much.

Lydia Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Too MuchKindWayFollowQuestioning

'Proud Mary' was the best song for me to perform because it was so much fun.

Jessica Sanchez

BestFunMeSongProudBecause

I don't have to save rock. I don't even like rock that much.

Trent Reznor

RockLikeEvenSaveMuch

In the political world, the only position I have is voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

Tommy Lee Jones

WorldPoliticalPositionAnything

In most countries, the political class supervises the defense establishment and restrains its leaders from violating human rights or pursuing dangerous, aggressive policies.

Ronen Bergman

PoliticalDangerousClassHumanMost

In the 9/11 Commission Report, one of the things they point out is that firefighters saved just about everybody below the fire. I don't think they realize how proud the fire department is of that. Because, conceivably, that's all they could have done. They could not have gotten above that fire.

Rudy Giuliani

FireProudThinkDoneFirefighters

Forever 21 is my American Dream.

Do Won Chang

American DreamAmericanDreamForever

As a writer of fiction, you don't ever want to limit the characters you create to the life you've lived. That's insanity to me.

Courtney A. Kemp

LifeMeYouCreateInsanityWant

I haven't been perfect.

Columbus Short

PerfectBeen

If you have a great day at work and you've been hit with all these great ideas and there's a lot of excitement on your team, your mind doesn't turn off. For years I've kept a pad of paper and pen by me at night, because things just occur to you.

Anne Sweeney

WorkGreatDayMindIdeasTeam

As a teenager, my father took me to the shows at the Architectural Association and to places like Milton Keynes back when it was first being built. But I couldn't find anything for me. There seemed to be despair at the possibility of the built environment possessing any imagination in the real world.

Thomas Heatherwick

FatherImaginationMeWorldFind

The different parts of my career seemed to take part in different rooms, albeit in the same house. It was just the way things were and I didn't actually think much about it at the time.

Richard Rodney Bennett

TimeThinkCareerHouseWaySame

Any professional knows that the flute and the piano is a boring combination. All you've got to arrive at is a kind of typical gestural crap, right? You might agree, though you wouldn't call it gestural crap.

Morton Feldman

YouProfessionalKindBoringRight

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