Gloria Naylor Quotes

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

Gloria Naylor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 25, 1950 - September 28, 2016

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Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It's been at the heart of fiction from the start. Fiction offers both truth, and we know it's a flat-out lie. Sometimes it drives a novelist mad. Sometimes it energizes us.

Joanna Scott

TruthHeartTimeArtLieStart

I've always wanted to learn the Argentine tango.

Jodie Sweetin

LearnAlwaysWantedTango

If you have a movie that doesn't strive to go to a certain emotional point, you can do anything and it will be fine and funny. But if you have something pretty emotional at its core, you have to make it right. You don't want it overwrought or unearned. Everything has to be moving towards this one thing.

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

FunnyMovingYouGoWantStrive

I do, in a strange way, care deeply what people think.

Maxine Peake

PeopleThinkCareStrangeWay

Blood is the leitmotif of 'Black Swan.'

Robert Gottlieb

BlackBloodSwan

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

Anish Kapoor

WorkArtistWhoAgendaSet

I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label.

Amber Heard

FindPlaceHardWhereComeIdentify

When we get in late and the only thing open is fast food, it can be tough to maintain a healthy diet.

Mike Trout

FoodToughDietLateFastHealthy

I come from nothing. When I got a chance to make some money, I was like, 'Man, I'm not ever going back.'

Juicy J

MoneyManChanceBackNothingGoing

I would love to play Bobby in 'Company.' Also, I would love to play George in 'Sunday.'

Josh Young

LoveSundayPlayCompanyWouldAlso

I've been singing most of my life. There's nothing better I could wish to be doing.

Jorja Smith

LifeSingingBetterMy LifeWish

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

Jonathan Carroll

RainMountainRiverGreenRight

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