Jane Smiley Quotes

Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 26, 1949

Topics

ArtFashionInterestingMayRipe

I've tried to create a comedy that doesn't look like any other comedy. Maybe traditionally in TV there has been a kind of formula that says, 'Oh, comedy has to look this way; it has to look super bright.' But the way we shoot 'Insecure' is motivated by the mental state of each of our characters.

Melina Matsoukas

ComedyLookCreateKindWayBright

It is almost the definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

John Henry Newman

PainGentlemanSayNeverAlmostWho

The Beastie Boys are guys I loved before I met them, and when I got to know them, we started a magazine together, and we started making videos together, and a lot of it came out of us just cracking ourselves up, like going to the fake mustache store and buying fake mustaches.

Spike Jonze

TogetherFakeLovedKnowMustache

Despite the value of open data, most labs make no systematic effort to share data with other scientists.

Michael Nielsen

ValueEffortDataOpenShareMost

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

Joy Bryant

LifeGoodHappinessPurposeSurvival

Night was running ahead of itself.

Jorge Amado

NightAheadRunningItself

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

Douglas Feith

GovernmentBackMoreDecadeGoing

Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence.

Dawn French

ConfidenceWomenYouLoseDangerous

My first professional acting job was in 'Hair' during the Vietnam War. So I think I've always been drawn to projects with a social conscience.

Clarke Peters

JobWarHairThinkActingFirst

I am installed in a fairylike place. I do not know where to poke my head; everything is superb, and I would like to do everything, so I use up and squander lots of color, for there are trials to be made.

Claude Monet

I AmColorPlaceKnowTrialsHead

I like debating policy.

Anthony Scaramucci

PolicyLikeDebating

When Usenet was eclipsed by websites in the late 1990s, people from that world - many of them programmers - wanted to bring the freewheeling, amazing discussions of Usenet to the web. And thus, RSS was born.

Annalee Newitz

PeopleAmazingWorldLateBornWeb

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