James Salter Quotes

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

James Salter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 10, 1925 - June 19, 2015

Topics

GreatWritingAlwaysGreat Thing

The courts don't remove children from their home because the child underperformed at school or required extra long walks or a game of basketball in order to blow off the steam all 5-year-olds have. It's because the parents were unfit, not the kids.

Angela Featherstone

HomeChildrenSchoolChildParents

If you can't give children optimism, then what are you doing?

Matt Haig

ChildrenOptimismDoingYouGive

I grew up in St Louis, just with my mom.

Metro Boomin

MomUpSt. LouisJustLouisGrew

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

John Travolta

Help OthersFeelHelpYouAlive

Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

Stephen Fry

WalkMeOutFilmOhTakes

Sometimes, people know me from Marvel's 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' But that usually only happens in America.

Ruth Negga

PeopleMeAmericaKnowSometimes

I'm a standard overachiever.

Michelle Wolf

OverachieverStandard

An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.

Lorrie Moore

LifeCharacterStoryFrozenComplex

If your business keeps you so busy that you have no time for anything else, there must be something wrong, either with you or with your business.

William J. H. Boetcker

BusinessTimeBusyYouWrongMust

I'm pretty political when it comes to human rights and things like that.

Peter Krause

PoliticalHumanRightsPrettyThings

Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.

Seth Godin

WorkPeopleFeelDoingReliableWho

Even a smile is a good deed.

Shari Arison

SmileGoodGood DeedEvenDeed

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