James Fenton Quotes

There is no objection to the proposal: in order to learn to be a poet, I shall try to write a sonnet. But the thing you must try to write, when you do so, is a real sonnet, and not a practice sonnet.

James Fenton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 25, 1949

Topics

PracticeLearnYouTryWriteReal

It's possible to spend every waking hour here on the ninth floor and not get out of the office. And this isn't the real world in here. And contrary to public opinion, I'm not incredibly poll-driven. They are an ongoing indicator of how we are going, but I take the feedback I get on the street as being the most important.

John Key

OpinionWorldFeedbackPossibleReal

Lots of people are going to sell clothes online. But not a lot of people have built a brand, a living, breathing brand that people feel like they're part of.

Sophia Amoruso

PeopleBrandFeelClothesLiving

Most of the songs I write are just very directly from my life. I don't have a big imagination. Whenever I tried to write from fantasy, it comes out sounding really fake.

Rivers Cuomo

LifeImaginationFakeMy LifeWrite

In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws.

Russell Pearce

ConstitutionImmigrationAbsenceLaws

Oh, I am such a little piggy. Everyone is always mad at me because I eat so much. They're like, 'How are you so skinny?' I eat more than my husband!

Joyce Giraud

I AmMeHusbandYouMadMore

I am extremely passionate about what I do, and the happiest I am is when I'm on set working.

Chris Zylka

I AmPassionateWorkingHappiestSet

I have a huge costume section in my closet - wigs, mustaches, the whole thing. Halloween's my favorite holiday, so I have a lot of weird stuff.

Clark Duke

WeirdHolidayCostumeClosetStuff

Any actor who says he does not like so many people shouting his name would be lying.

Ali Fazal

PeopleNameLyingActorShoutingHe

Premier was one of the first producers that we reached out to, and he was like, 'Hell yeah! Let's get to work.' He was showing us love and giving young, new artists a chance.

Prodigy

WorkLoveChanceHellGivingYoung

In acting, quite a lot of the time you're not the first choice. Usually, you're second or third. And it can turn out to be the best thing that ever happened. You get used to that.

Sylvester McCoy

TimeBestYouChoiceActingFirst

When I was a kid, phone calls were a premium commodity; only the very coolest kids had a phone line of their own, and long-distance phone calls were made after eleven, when the rates went down, unless you were flamboyant with your spending. Then phone calls became as cheap as dirt and as constant as rain, and I was on the phone all the time.

Susan Orlean

TimeRainYouPhoneDownKid

If you're speaking of love, you really must include the element of uncertainty - and perhaps it's best approached as the art of constant maintenance.

Twyla Tharp

LoveArtBestUncertaintyYouMust

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