Lydia Davis Quotes

Collections aren't really planned. I just keep writing short pieces until I have enough for a collection.

Lydia Davis

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WritingShortEnoughPiecesPlanned

This thing that Colin Powell's son is expected to do is kind of scary when you think that television and radio and newspapers are what make people think what they think.

Jim McKay

SonPeopleThinkYouTelevision

You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice.

John Mellencamp

CarSayingBetterYouChoiceNew

During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life.

Michael Douglas

LifeMarriageMy LifeCareerFirst

I never start anything 'I want to be No. 1. I want to win Grand Slam.' For me, no. It's always step by step. The only thing I want to do, it's to push the limit.

Stan Wawrinka

StepMeWinStartPushWant

I do hope that some of my dissents will one day be the law.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

HopeDayLawWillOne DaySome

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.

Luis Fonsi

LearnViewPoint Of ViewListenGet

Now AOL is the grandma of online Web services. I mean, we don't need it anymore.

Loni Love

NowMeanNeedWebOnlineAnymore

I started Shutterstock without any outside funding; I believe in creating a lean startup. By not taking outside investors early, I was forced to use every dollar I had as efficiently as possible. And I was able to keep a large part of the company.

Jon Oringer

BelieveEarlyCreatingPossible

Uber sees ride-sharing as a winner-takes-all war and subsequently is willing to offer below-market prices in a bid to crowd out the competition.

Anthony Scaramucci

CompetitionWarOutCrowdUberBid

Underrepresented employees already have to overcome discriminatory barriers in their careers; they shouldn't be expected to volunteer their time to help their companies do the same.

Susan Wojcicki

TimeEmployeesHelpOvercomeSame

I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour.

Peter Hook

GoodThinkWrongOddsGoingBecause

Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates.

Todd Rundgren

IllusionGoExcitementStageGreater

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