Guy Gavriel Kay Quotes

The very best way I can make any reader believe in the nuts and bolts of an art form... is to know the mechanics, to make the characters grounded in convincing detail.

Guy Gavriel Kay

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: November 7, 1954

Topics

ArtBestDetailBelieveI CanKnow

You know, I'm trying to chase rings, and that's all I'm about. So that's where the conversation stops for me.

Stephen Curry

MeTryingYouConversationKnow

We still need a voice that thinks before it speaks.

Simon Armitage

VoiceNeedStillThinksBefore

Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action.

Simon Sinek

LeadershipActionAgainstAbsolutely

We were driven off like rats in five minutes.

Roger Sherman

DrivenOffFiveLikeMinutesRats

I go a lot to see young people downtown in little theaters. It's great. If you start somebody's career, it's so exciting.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

GreatPeopleStartYouCareerYoung

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference.

Lord Robertson

ChoiceWillCruelIndifferenceUs

I like books on tape, and will listen to just about anything.

David Sedaris

WillListenAnythingJustBooks

I never feel like I'm looking to get away from my own self. Not as much as I'm trying to get inside the mind of somebody else.

Chris Wood

MindLookingSelfFeelTryingNever

One of the things I love about 'Rubicon' is I really recognize the New York City that they're depicting in it, having lived here for 15 years.

Annie Parisse

LoveNew YorkCityNewYearsLived

If you're cooking for a woman, make a good risotto and a salad. If you don't have time to make desert you can go and buy some macaroons to have afterwards.

Wolfgang Puck

GoodTimeCookingWomanDesertYou

If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say.

Peter Welch

FatherMotherBestBrotherSister

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

Pearl Bailey

CrownWorthUsWearingHurts

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