Leslie Fiedler Quotes

Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better.

Leslie Fiedler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 8, 1917 - January 29, 2003

Topics

BlackBetterEarlyBecomeSheBooks

I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted.

Jesse Jackson

I CanSayStuffHearLotMelted

Here's the thing; I'm not in shape.

Angela Kinsey

ShapeHereThing

I love music. I listen to a lot of it.

Andy Murray

LoveMusicListenLotI Love

I grew up in Georgia, and my mom would tell me how to perform and act. So I learned to repress a lot of myself so that other people would feel comfortable.

Amy Sherald

MyselfPeopleMeMomFeelTell

I wouldn't want my corner throwing in the towel no matter what. I wouldn't want my corner to do that.

Stipe Miocic

WantMatterCornerTowelThrowing

Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.

Tom McCarthy

DownActorTextScriptCommitting

I hate those men who would send into war youth to fight and die for them; the pride and cowardice of those old men, making their wars that boys must die.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

HateMenFightWarYouthPride

With 'Human Giant,' we tested almost everything live and made tweaks based on what worked and what didn't.

Jason Woliner

LiveHumanEverythingAlmostMade

I write about what is getting to me at the time, about the things you need to talk about, but which would sound silly if you sat down and told them to your friend. I only write for myself, to get my emotions out. It's self-therapeutic.

Dolores O'Riordan

FriendTimeMyselfMeYouDown

I'll be really tough on myself. Someone will be like, 'Oh that's really cool' and I'll be like, 'Yeah, but there's this one flaw.'

Chloe Kim

MyselfCoolToughSomeoneWillFlaw

I still love making hamburgers on the grill. I guess whenever I eat them childhood memories come up for me.

Bobby Flay

LoveMemoriesChildhoodMeEatUp

You hear peewee coaches teaching the 'trap'. What the heck are we doing teaching the 'trap'? Let the kids go, let them have fun; that's how you improve.

Bobby Orr

FunHave FunDoingYouGoImprove

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