Kevin Barry Quotes

The short story is a very natural mode of storytelling; most stories can be told quickly. I always think of them as like a tightrope walk - every sentence is a step along the rope, and you can so easily misplace your step and break your neck.

Kevin Barry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: 1969

Topics

WalkStepStoryThinkShortYou

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

Joel Osteen

GoodAttitudeGodDo The Right Thing

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

Anika Noni Rose

LiveBusinessPeopleWishKnowSing

Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work.

Steve Lacy

WorkYouBeforeInvent

I think social media is... really cool in the sense that I don't think that a writer like me would've found a readership if maybe Instagram wasn't there.

Rupi Kaur

Social MediaMeCoolThinkMedia

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

Mason Cooley

FailureTruthHappyMeTellBooks

I see how people look at me, all around the world. They see something because of the race I belong to. I have to understand that and put it into my music.

Jason Moran

MusicPeopleMeWorldLookRace

I like to tell kids that I started thinking about stories when I first started reading stuff like Dr. Seuss and 'Go, Dog. Go!,' thinking, 'Oh yeah, that's funny. I'd like to do that.' And then writing throughout school, but at the same time I was studying pre-med stuff, because my mom told me I should be a doctor.

Jon Scieszka

FunnyDogTimeSchoolMeMom

I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

Dick Dale

HandRhythmLeftDrumsDidHis

I've noticed that the more adventurous and in that mode that I am, it seems that the more the audience really likes it.

Chick Corea

I AmMoreAdventurousAudienceSeems

The ideological distance between Jim Webb and Bertrand Russell can be measured in light years. An author who reaches both of them exerts something like universal appeal.

Christopher Buckley

LightDistanceYearsSomethingLike

I usually have two or three ideas floating around. When I have free time, the one I end up thinking most about is the one I end up pursuing.

Colson Whitehead

TimeIdeasFreeThinkingEndThree

Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous.

Anthony Browne

WorkFeelYouAliveMemoirAlmost

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